Hi Faith - sorry it's taken me a while to respond. Real life intervenes, and I see there's a lot of water under the bridge, but I still want to reply.
Just out of curiosity, what should be done with those of us who will go on saying that homosexuality is a sin that will be punished by God if the person doesn't repent and turn to Christ, and that gay marriage is a violation of God's laws that can only bring His judgment against a nation? Or any form of preaching the gospel of Christ and Biblical truth in the public square for that matter. According to your way of construing all this will we continue to have that right or be punished for it?
You have the right to express your views and faith in public. I don't know how this works in the States, but there are some broad limits in England - you're prohibited from harassment, and from inciting hatred, based on someone's sexuality - but that does not prohibit a fair, public expression of your faith or opinions. And I would protest if it did.
(However, you should expect counter-rhetoric, and some level of opposition on the ground, from other members of the public who hold different views to yours).
The expression of a point of view (if it isn't so extreme in its nature of delivery, as to constitute harassment, or so extreme in its expression as to constitute an incitement to hatred), is not seen as causing harm to anyone. It's the discrimination against people, which causes the harm - treating people as less than others - as less worthy - as inferior. Preaching that someone is a sinner and should repent, if they want to be saved by your interpretation of God, is something I support you being able to do. I oppose your message very strongly, but I support your ability to express it just as strongly.
And by the way, it isn't just my opinion, "Sex" always meant male and female. It's been replaced by the wrong term "gender" which may be the cause of the confusion. It means male and female, period, it has nothing to do with the subjective stuff concerning sexuality.
I'm not too sure what you're aiming at here, but when I talked about stretching the English language not to call gay sex, sex, I was referring to your statement:
sex means male and female, not a sexual perversion.
Regardless of the origin of the usage, the word sex is now definitely capable of being used accurately to refer to what two or more people get up to with their genitals. I'm not sure the etymology of the usage adds much to the debate.
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?
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