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Tony Villari

LGBT Teenage Suicides

  • The Christian church has tried to make homosexuality a sin, in contradiction to the teachings about not judging others, forgiveness, tolerance, of love for all… except, of course... you know - gays.  Yet, two thousand years of condemnation have multiplied the ranks of the gay community.  Condemnation by the Christian church and their congregations, and an attempt by the Nazis to exterminate the 'undesirable' gay culture during the Holocaust, have brought unto us a gay community steeped in their own rich history of music, art, dance, and sacrifice; too many sacrifices to mention, selfless sacrifices which saved countless lives.  Their story today is a community of human beings searching for God and Christ, and for the Christianity of love, compassion, and salvation.  In many ways their Christian belief is filled with more love, compassion, and sweet understanding than their heterosexual counterparts, and deservedly so.  Many still suffer daily from a lack of what others take for granted - tolerance and acceptance.  As a Christian I have to wonder, who is more worthy of Christ?  Is it the prideful hypocrites or the humble, honest souls whose humility is shunned daily by the very society they still seek to be a valuable part.

     

    To read more of My Sunday Thought, please follow this link to The Path:  LGBT Teenage Suicide

     

1 comment
  • Marie Zibert
    Marie Zibert Excellent post, ty! It is interesting to me why Christianity insisted on including Jewish history where this judgement of of gays stems from when it decided to become a religion . Christs teaching have no such attitude. And, as westerners, our ancestry...  more
    March 8, 2017 - 1 likes this