TO THE EDITOR:
About Matt McNeill’s letter (Jan. 28) headed “Burr’s comments offensive to Christians, homosexuals,” I am a Christian and the comments do not offend me at all.
I think Burr is quite right in implying that being homosexual and Christian is incongruous. It is clear that one who indulges in homosexual activities is going against Christianity. The Bible condemns homosexual acts many times, in both Old and New Testaments. Anyone who deliberately defies these condemnations can hardly be a real Christian. (“But, if it feels so good, how can it be a sin?”)
McNeill says he doubts that Jesus would have turned His back on such a person. I think that, if Jesus had encountered a man taken in sodomy rather than the woman taken in adultery, He would have said the same thing: “Go, and sin no more.” In these times, wealthy and influential homosexuals have influenced national organizations into removing homosexuality from lists of mental/emotional compulsive disorders. The kleptomaniacs, and others, have not been able to bring such influence to bear.
J. E. Williams
Class of ’50
