In a message dated Wed, 28 Mar 2001 2:22:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, Mistral mistral@centurytel.net writes:

<< Well, not meaning to offend, but I am genuinely puzzled - do you not find there to be a difference between saying an _action_ is wrong, and saying a _person_ or group of people is sick? Because every time this sort of issue comes up, it just floors me.>>>>

No, I do not see any difference because homosexuals *are* a group of people. A group that I happen to belong to. In fact, when you insult homosexuals you are insulting someone's very being. The way they live. The person they chose to live with and love. The way they think. It's a whole heck of a lot more than just a religion you've just insulted (because, of course, homosexuals come in all kinds of religions, too).

And do you not see that calling someone's "morals" into question because of who they choose to love and spend their life with is the *same thing* as calling them sick or depraved or perverse (all words that have been used hereabouts, I believe)?

I've tried to make my point with a bit of a sledgehammer and for that I apologize. To be fair, I did not pinpoint Christians. I pointed at *any* religion that equates massacres as being on the same par sin-wise with sexual behavior as "sick." I'm sorry if folks here disagree with that but I do believe it to be true just as deeply as some of you guys believe in whatever religion you happen to practice.

Annie