I’m not quite sure how to take Pastor Evans’ offered resolution in Will the homosexuality debate divide the nation? for ending the growing division in our nation over gay rights.

Divide churches, nation

If the country follows the church, homosexuality will increasingly become a disruptive issue that will divide not only churches, but our nation as well. Do we really want citizenship tied to sexual orientation?

A hopeful resolution to this thorny issue may actually exist within the confessions of the Christian community. The Bible I read and preach from every Sunday states that “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” The Christian church has traditionally taught that God hates the sin but loves the sinner.

If all that is true, then it seems to me that the common ground we seek is available to us in the universal experience of human failure. In other words, we are all just ordinary sinners who are loved by a God of extraordinary grace.

Would homosexuality be a sin similar to lying to your parents? Or murdering someone?

No one is perfect, but we should just all agree that heterosexuals are closer to perfection? Is this what it’s all about?