I have a different view. The Church consider the books of both Old Testament and New Testament as sacred, inspired, and canonical.

well, lets just say you are all freakin’ closet queen and kings!! accept the fact that even boys have their soft side even tho they are straight,, and also, to all people who are referring to the bible.. sheesh,, dont be posers,, go to church please,, and you will know that “THE OLD TESTAMENT IS MEANT FOR THE ISRAELITES!!!! AND SINCE MOSES DIED, THATS WHAT THEY USED,,, BUT SINCE JESUS CHRIST WAS BORN,,WITH THE HELP OF HIS DISCIPLES, THE NEW TESTAMENT WAS IMPLEMENTED!!! ” READ THE BIBLE, DO NOT CLAIM THAT YOU KNOW IT ALL!!! AND BY THE WAY, IM A LESBIAN,,FULL PLEDGE AND PROUD,, HOW CAN I DETERMINE WHO I AM IF IM STILL A FETUS!!! AND CAN A NEWBORN DECIDE WHAT GENDER HE/SHE MUST PICK!! THATS OBVIOUSLY SILLY AND IGNORANCE!! AND TO ADD,, GO AHEAD, SEND US ALL TO JAIL!! FOR YOU REP.ABANTE ONLY WANT FURTHER SOURCE OF INCOME,,HOW MUCH IS YOUR FINE AGAIN?? PHP100+K? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD!! NOT ALL LBGT PEOPLE ARE RICH, YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY MAKE THEM POORER THAN POOR,,AND YOU MR. REPRESANTIVE HAVE ONE CORRUPT MIND!! I WONDER,,MAYBE YOUR SAME-SEX LOVER HAS RESENTED YOU!! THOSE PEOPLE WHO SIDES ON THIS WILL MOST LIKELY GO TO HELL! READ THE BIBLE PIPZ AND YOU’LL ALL BE ENLIGHTENED THAT GOD DOESNT REALLY CARE ABOUT GENDER!! I’LL SEND YOU A POSTCARD WITH YOU ON HELL MR.REPRESENTATIVE,,AND BY THE WAY,,ME AND MY PARTNER ARE GOING TO BE MARRIED AND WE DONT CARE WHAT IT TAKES,,WE WOULD SURELY MAKE IT HAPPEN!! FYI!!!!!

God does not hate gay people.
He has compassion for each and every one of us.

What He hates is the lifestyle of the homosexuals.
Because, first of all, God gave us freewill, meaning we can have the ability to choose, to decide and and to live our lives on our own.
And homosexuality and the lifestyle that it comes with is an immoral lifestyle that is not right in the eyesight of God and man.

@ Twin-Skies

“If that is what the passages regarding Sodom and Gomorrah really mean, then why are so many people so dead-set on asserting it speaks of God’s hate for gays?”

Well, I honestly don’t know. I can only speak for myself at the very least, and guess why people popularly understood Gen 19:1-38 as such at best. I, for one, had long understood that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of people’s homosexual acts. I grew up holding on to the traditional view as it was the interpretation I learned (religion class, Sunday school, church, tv programs, articles/magazines, home, friends, etc.). Every time I would encounter the passage, I was inclined to understand it the way I was taught. Let’s say, even before I read the text, I already had a conditioned interpretation in mind. It’s like saying that I was unconsciously reading my mind into the text.

Twin-Skies, I suggest you try to read Genesis 19:1-38 again. It doesn’t speak of ‘God’s hate for gays.’ Our God is a God of love, not of hate. Let’s suppose that the traditional view is the right interpretation, you’ll read that the people of Sodom were punished not because they were gay; instead the city was destroyed because of their act.

God’s love is perfect, as He is, and doesn’t discriminate. I believe we have an INCLUSIVE GOD, so it doesn’t matter whether a person is male, female, or gay. Peace!