As a Christian do you also believe that a daughter can be sold into slavery? That if you work on the sabbath you should be put to death? Which do you think is worse, eating shellfish which according to the bible is an abomination or homosexuality? Do you go to church wearing glasses even though you are forbidden?
Using the bible to defend your homophobia is disgusting and you shame all Christians by doing so.
I am not a Christian (I am agnostic), however I was raised in a Christian family and went toa Church of England primary school and visited Church at least twice a week from school age until about 13 years old.
I went to Church at first because I was "made" to, then because I wanted to learn about it, and then because I wanted to discuss my views on it. I was part of the adult Bible study group at the age of 8 and took part in often animated discussions about interpretation of the Bible and its teachings.
From this background, I wholly agree with hurfdurf (for the first time? who knows...).
Mejinks, you just cannot take the Bible and pick and choose the teachings that you want to fit to your own beliefs and the way you were raised. If you want to be like that, then you join the ranks of the fundamentalists of all denominations and that is a very bad place to be indeed.
Why do you hold the view that Homosexuality is something abhorrent to the levels of needing to preach about it? Homosexuality has been practiced for millennia (and indeed was not seen as 'wrong' until "modern" times), and indeed as for your statement that it is a choice rather than being born that way I would direct you towards doing some scientific reading on the matter. Genetic homosexuality is a trait found in a great many species of animals, the most recent that I have read about was that it has been discovered in Sheep.
It is all probably irrelevant to you as you will fall back to the Bible saying it is wrong, but there are several other key teachings that overrule your vitriol towards those that find the same sex physically alluring.
Ultimately, the fair view is that you are as entitled to your opinion (albeit with particularly tenuous foundations) as A.N.Homosexual is. It is also your right to express your opinion but is expressly NOT your right to cause offence, that is where the line is drawn. You also do not have the right to express yourself in a manner which may cause distress or unrest to those around you.
The Police, in this instance, probably didn't do themselves any favours however they were acting in the interests of the public and in the spirit of the Law. The fact the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to persue the case does not speak to the Crown's opinion on homosexuality or indeed on the right to his free speech but only on the fact that in the balance of probability, prosecuting the case was not in the public interest (cost vs reward).
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