Warrior, I did answer your question. If disrespecting your parents is a sin but covered by God's grace, then OF COURSE, anything you plug into that scenario is covered, as well. Secondly, you write:
Yes, by all means let's do stay on the subject of why homosexuality MUST be recriminalized. You're in the politics forum which is about government and the way it legislates. If you want to talk about things such as repentance and redemption, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until I begin the segment entitled
Tell me, oh great Warrior, how do you "criminalize" homosexuality without going to the bible to make you point? What, you go to the Koran, where you can make your case? Homosexuality in this country, has never been a criminal offense. Sodomy has, but not the larger homosexuality. There have been folks charged with and found guilty of committing sodomy as a criminal act of torture, that had nothing to do with sex. So, again, I say, homosexuality, per se, has never been a criminal offense if defined by national or state law.
Oh, and on that Mattie Vines childishness, lets act like adults in this discussion. For certain, I plan to.
As to the politics of this discussion, tell me how you get to a thorough going condemnation of homosexuality apart from the grace of God without using the Bible in your argument? I am going back and read your arguments, If there is any scripture in your comments, I will continue to use scripture . . . after all, this forum is called "Theology online" and that is the only reason I am here . . . . to discuss theology.
Update: I just scrolled down to find this comment by wannabe Warrior:
"The 3 tenets of atheism"
(1. There is no God
2. I HATE Him
3. I HATE Him so much that I'll redefine Scripture to meet my selfish desires).
Do I take this comment to mean that you are an atheist? If so, I will leave off a biblical approach to this. In fact, I have will have to decide if I even want to discuss this topic with an existentialist, which is what you are if not a man of faith.