<<John, Let's learn, have a little fun and leave the moralistic rhetoric for another audience. You have a right to believe as you wish , but for one, I don't feel it's appropriate on this list.>> This is a two way street. If others will refrain from posting things like Seinfeld's "moralistic rhetoric," then I will refrain from responding to it. Neither statement should be on Pianotech. Remember, it is just as inconsiderate for one to post a pro-homosexuality statement as it is for another to post a statement against it. There are several (maybe many) on the list who hold to the high standards of morality on which our nation was originally founded. As much as some are offended by my posting, remember that others may likewise be offended by Seinfeld's morality. Is it permissible to ask that *our* standards not be assaulted as we watch them daily fade away? Must we silently endure the erosion of virtue while others are given the media "megaphone" to promote their decadent views? Have we no voice, or must we always yield to those who are louder, more visible, and more vociferous? I say nay. <<What it is, frankly, is bigotry....>> It is not bigotry to believe strongly about righteousness. For example, I am not bigoted against murderers if I state that murder is wrong. Nor am I bigoted to state that bestiality is wrong. Both are wrong, and the reason that they are wrong is not because I say so, but because our Creator said so. We have to go back to the source of righteousness to find the standards of righteousness, and that ultimately leads to God. It does not really matter what you or I think, but what God thinks. God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. The Bible has numerous other clear examples of God's thoughts on this issue. <<...not just the people you hate>> It does not follow that I hate homosexuals anymore than it could be said that I hate murderers because I believe murder is wrong. I do not hate anyone. I do not have that right. I treat all human beings with respect. I would be glad to help anyone leave homosexuality just as I would be glad to help anyone leave a lifestyle of adultery or fornication. People are people, but people are responsible *creat*ures before their *Creat*or. John M. Formsma Blue Mountain, MS PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com
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