No relief was forthcoming from my then-Catholic faith, which said the practice of homosexuality was a 'mortal sin' subject to damnation.

It gives a fella relief to tell, but it jus' spreads out his sin.

As a child, recognizing my difference from other kids, I went to the local public library to try to better understand my reality. Back then, many library card catalogues didn't even list 'homosexuality' as a topic.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

The unanimous verdict of scripture is that practicing homosexuality is a sin, ... Love ... must not compromise the church's allegiance to scripture.

But the Bible speaks against it, and because the Bible speaks against it, we allow rampant sin including homosexuality and lying, and to me lying is just as b ad as homosexuality, and we've allowed this sin to run rampant in our nation.