52 GSCENE
KEITH SHARPE
MY RESOLUTION
DR KEITH SHARPE, CHANGING
ATTITUDE SUSSEX, DENOUNCES
RELIGIOUS HOMOPHOBIA
Here we go again: 'homosexuals represent a danger to our kids' is the
real translation of this nasty claim. ‘Stonewall will teach heterosexual
children to be gay’. It's spurious and nonsensical of course but obviously
it shows no concern whatsoever for the homosexual children growing up
in our schools, or indeed for the children who bully because of their
ignorance of sexual diversity. Ignorance which is of course shared by
the advocates of Anglican Mainstream.
COUNTERING RELIGIOUS HOMOPHOBIA
4. Anti-Jesus Stonewall
Jesus was very clear about sexual morality: he was against all forms of
sex outside heterosexual marriage, and that included homosexuality.
Stonewall’s raison d’etre is to promote same-sex sexual relationships and
lifestyles. How can a church which claims to obey Jesus partner with
Stonewall?
One of my New Year resolutions this year is to name and denounce
homophobia wherever I encounter it. I think sometimes in the past I
have been too willing to accept the good faith of religious people
opposing gay rights when really they are motivated by homophobia.
2014 as the year of the first gay marriages seems a good time to start.
This is simply not true. As I have shown many times in this column, and
in the book, The Gay Gospels, Jesus did not condemn homosexuality.
Anglican Mainstream rely on a distorted interpretation of the Gospels to
justify their bigoted and prejudiced views. Jesus would surely have
shown compassion for the victims of homophobic bullying.
And a hardline anti-gay organisation called Anglican Mainstream is a
good place to start. This set-up purports to be the 'conscience' of our
national church but actually regularly churns out homophobic attacks
on the rights of t HЕ