Homosexuality and Taboos in the Modern Church

    I was browsing through the articles on Associated Content, as I normally do on rainy days such as this, and I stumbled across the article, “Gays Are Taking Us To Hell.”  This article immediately grabbed my attention, which I suppose was the point, after reading the first several sentences, I knew that I would have an immense amount of emotion regarding this subject matter.  As I continued reading I saw someone who’s passion and desire for all to be accepted by the one religion that preaches acceptance was as strong as my own.

  However, I have a slightly different spin on the subject matter.  The reason for this is that I have been born and literally raised in “church.”  I went to a Christian private school, and rarely missed and Sunday morning/night and Wednesday service.  I was the ideal “Christian” when it comes to attendance.  Which, now-a-days is what qualifies you as a true Christian.  However, in my latter teen years I began to notice something quite different - and that was the disownment of things that were different.  I have been taught love my entire life, however, it seemed that I was to only “love” those who weren’t incredibly strange, different, or those who didn’t go against the “law” that the Bible had set forth.  Although, my first instict was not to question this, I could not help but do so after several years.  Why was it that a religion that is based on acceptance not accepting everyone?  Why did all of the churchgoer’s have such a prideful and arrogant attitude, when clearly, that is not how they are “supposed” to act?