My dear straight friends, think about it: How much does your heterosexuality have to do with sex? Are you still straight even when you’re not having sex? Or when you’re not thinking about sex? Well guess what, gay people are still gay even when they’re not having or thinking about sex. Homosexuality is about so much more than just sex. Does that mean that heterosexual kissing is sin? My 6 year old son thinks that it’s creepy when a man and woman kiss. Eggplant creeps me out, but that doesn’t mean it’s a sin for you to stuff your face with some hot roasted Eggplant (Yuck!!). Just because something may creep you out this doesn’t mean that it’s a sin. It's not only subjective, but it’s an ethical anemic reason for saying same-sex relations are wrong. The “creepiness factor” is a terrible reason for believing something is wrong. For what it’s worth, I don’t even like the phrase “homosexuality is a sin.” I explain why in my book People to Be Loved. In any case, here are my top 5 bad reasons for holding to a non-affirming view of same-sex relations. There may be good reasons for believing that homosexuality is a sin, but there are also some very bad reasons.
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