tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post116281801846062667..comments2023-12-02T05:36:17.832-05:00Comments on Sexuality and Religion: What's the Connection?: What sin needs to be forgiven? Weighing in on HaggardDebra W. Haffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018331891805010135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-1162880901819338492006-11-07T01:28:00.000-05:002006-11-07T01:28:00.000-05:00Well said. Great to find your blog (via technorat...Well said. Great to find your blog (via technorati)<BR/><BR/>Kenn (Toronto, Canada)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-1162862107417438162006-11-06T20:15:00.000-05:002006-11-06T20:15:00.000-05:00If he had bought straight sex, he'd have been fine...If he had bought straight sex, he'd have been fine today and his secret safe, and the whores and drug dealers prospering.<BR/><BR/>It's only the male-male sex that's getting outted in this political climate.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-1162861065233868792006-11-06T19:57:00.000-05:002006-11-06T19:57:00.000-05:00Yes, I think you pinpointed common ground that the...Yes, I think you pinpointed common ground that the left and right can share:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23020174.post-1162831151287600302006-11-06T11:39:00.000-05:002006-11-06T11:39:00.000-05:00He is (or was) a pastor, not a representative, but...He is (or was) a pastor, not a representative, but your points are well taken.<BR/><BR/>I think his problems were ultimately precipitated by his, and his congregation's, belief that his sexual orientation is a matter of free will and sin rather than a matter of how his Creator made him. However, I think the right and left can agree that his dissembling and betrayal toward his wife and his church, and his dabbling in illegal drugs, are sins in and of themselves, irrespective of his sexual orientation. For those, he apparently has shown contrition and deserves sympathy and forgiveness.faustohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08858053354116695746noreply@blogger.com