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Should the church be silent about homosexuality? If not, what should we be saying? Where should we be saying it? I meant to add to my comment, we do have a church in our community that posts a sign, "EVERYONE is welcome here." Actually it is a banner type sign that is stretched across a wrought-iron fence in front of their building. To me, that is a sign every church in the community should post. After all, it is God's church and he welcomes all sinners to come unto him -- unspecified.

The following is how I feel about homosexuality, right or wrong, it is how I feel and I leave that to a higher power. i do not feel it my responsibility to judge anyone or any one sin. There are worse sins, in my opinion, than homosexuality as far as I am concerned. I accept people for whom they are, their sex orientation is their business and I leave the judging to God. However, I do not believe "churches" should be forced to accept the performing of same-sex marriages. Let this be done in the civil court systems. If a church accepts other "sinners" in my opinion should someone labeled homosexual (a sinner?) be cast out? My day job is to help people who have a mental illness -- are these people possessed by demons as some say they are? I do believe it is possible to be loving and compassionate toward practicing homosexuals. Is that saying I "condone" their sin -- no I think it says the person they are is who I accept. I have known several homosexuals who heterosexual people could not hold a candle to so far as being Christian. Do you stomp on your son or daughter because they had sex outside of marriage, or committed adultery? Do you cast them out of church?