to begin with, and this may come as a shock to you, the Bible is not universally accepted as absolute truth. i for one don't think anything should be accepted as absolute truth other than the fact of existence. albert camus, my light and my salvation. jean-paul sartre, my strong right hand. but back to the issue in my left hand...to quote an old post of malcolm's that stuck with me: homosexuality has a lot more to do with homo than with sex. get it...it's about love and accepting that someone of the same sex may have a soul complementary to your own. it's not about who takes it in the arse or who straps on a dildo (excuse my vulgarity please, i feel i must be frank). and even if you do believe that any form of homosexuality is morally unacceptable, you should not accept homophobia. you should instead attempt to love those who need it most, according to your (presumed) beliefs they would be homosexuals. don't hate them. don't join them. don't preach to them. just love them and see how much further you get. matt ps i'm not only straight but a roman catholic, so there! On Fri, 05 Dec 1997 10:38:07 +0100 sam.rosenthal@ucop.edu (Sam Rosenthal) wrote: >>p.s. for those who wondered, i am straight. homophobia is a social >>disease: are you infected? > > > >but Leviticus 20:13 sez -- "And if a man also lie with mankind, as he >lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall >surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." > >so waddaya saying? -- jahweh's homophobic? -- he gots a social disease? -- >he's infected? > >mebbe he just hasn't had any gay friends?