<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Hi John</DIV> =
<DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I'll be happy to take the heat for ag=
reeing with you 100% and am also tired of feeling like I must remain sile=
nt when the politically correct post something offensive to me=
and then feign offense when I disagree. In fact it's as if I didn't have=
the right to disagree. Somethings upside down. Traditional historic=
al morals(biblical or otherwise),virtue, manners and unconditional Love s=
hould always be in vogue and not something to scoff at. </DIV> <DIV> =
; Content on the road less traveled by.</DIV> <DIV> &nbs=
p; With Rrespect ---Dale Erwin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE s=
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l">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; =
FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> John M. Formsma</DIV> <DIV s=
tyle="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 05, 2001 8:33 AM</=
DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <=
DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: "Gay clientele" was RE=
: Erard Grand Piano</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><<John, Let's learn, hav=
e a little fun and leave the moralistic rhetoric for<BR>another audience.=
You have a right to believe as you wish , but for one, I<BR>don't feel i=
t's appropriate on this list.>><BR><BR>This is a two way street. If=
others will refrain from posting things like<BR>Seinfeld's "moralistic r=
hetoric," then I will refrain from responding to it.<BR>Neither statement=
should be on Pianotech. Remember, it is just as<BR>inconsiderate for one=
to post a pro-homosexuality statement as it is for<BR>another to post a =
statement against it. There are several (maybe many) on<BR>the list who h=
old to the high standards of morality on which our nation was<BR>original=
ly founded. As much as some are offended by my posting, remember<BR>that =
others may likewise be offended by Seinfeld's morality. Is it<BR>permissi=
ble to ask that *our* standards not be assaulted as we watch them<BR>dail=
y fade away? Must we silently endure the erosion of virtue while others<B=
R>are given the media "megaphone" to promote their decadent views? Have w=
e no<BR>voice, or must we always yield to those who are louder, more visi=
ble, and<BR>more vociferous? I say nay.<BR><BR><<What it is, frankl=
y, is bigotry....>><BR><BR>It is not bigotry to believe strongly ab=
out righteousness. For example, I am<BR>not bigoted against murderers if =
I state that murder is wrong. Nor am I<BR>bigoted to state that bestialit=
y is wrong. Both are wrong, and the reason<BR>that they are wrong is not =
because I say so, but because our Creator said<BR>so. We have to go back =
to the source of righteousness to find the standards<BR>of righteousness,=
and that ultimately leads to God. It does not really<BR>matter what you =
or I think, but what God thinks. God made Adam and Eve, not<BR>Adam and S=
teve. The Bible has numerous other clear examples of God's<BR>thoughts on=
this issue.<BR><BR><<...not just the people you hate>><BR><B=
R>It does not follow that I hate homosexuals anymore than it could be sai=
d<BR>that I hate murderers because I believe murder is wrong. I do not ha=
te<BR>anyone. I do not have that right. I treat all human beings with res=
pect. I<BR>would be glad to help anyone leave homosexuality just as I wou=
ld be glad to<BR>help anyone leave a lifestyle of adultery or fornication=
. People are people,<BR>but people are responsible *creat*ures before the=
ir *Creat*or.<BR><BR><BR>John M. Formsma<BR>Blue Mountain, MS<BR>PTG Asso=
ciate, Memphis Chapter<BR><BR>mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com<BR><BR></BLOC=
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