With all the talk about same sex marriage and the response of religious groups, I have decided to chime in with my thoughts. Most Christians know the story of the woman taken in adultery and brought to Jesus by the Pharisees. (I wonder why the man wasn't brought as well because it takes two to commit adultery.) The Pharisees instantly demand that she should be stoned because it says so in Jewish law. Jesus agrees that the law says that but he then makes his famous quote, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
Say that instead of an adulterous woman, it was one or more LGBT persons caught in the act. Note: I am simply substituting one variable, a woman taken in adultery, for another variable, people engaging in LGBT practices. I am not taking two unrelated parts of the Bible and fusing them together. Anyway, it's a given that the Pharisees would still demand that this person(s) be stoned according to Jewish law. But how would Jesus respond? Would he change his view and agree they should be stoned? No, I think he would stay with his original statement, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
Once upon a time, I stated that if two people genuinely love each other, then it shouldn't matter if they are the same gender. Someone responded that I should ask God what he thinks of my perverted logic. My answer is this. The Bible clearly states that homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God. Therefore, it is up to him to judge, not us. Although I can't see a merciful god damning someone as lovely as my daughter on account of a lifestyle choice. As for mere mortals like me, I choose to follow the words of his Son. If I were present in either of the above scenarios, I would have been the first person to drop my stone and walk away. I am not without sin. Furthermore, people who are LGBT should not be discriminated in law or any other facet of life nor be seen as nothing other than ordinary people. Because none of us are without sin.
