Following the row caused by the appointment of a gay Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) Minister Rev Scott Rennie, it seems that both anti-Gay Christian groups and pro-Gay Christian groups are as bad as each other.
As a Presbyterian and a believing Christian I'm saddened by the ridiculousness of the arguments, comparing gay Christian campaigners to Nazi's, calling conservative evangelicals terrorists etc. It amounts to a far-left Vs far-right argument were each side is morally questionable.
I'm not opposed to homosexuals becoming clergy nor am I a supporter of militant "queer" groups who want to hoist their "culture" on everyone. Gay people are in need of God’s love just as much as heterosexuals, maybe more so? If homosexuality is a sin, which I don't believe simply being gay is- it’s the physical actions that are sinful- then turning them away from God is denying Christ’s salvation.
Straight Christians are just as bound by the ethics and morality of faith, as are gay Christians, of course non-believers don't require any religious basis; those people who profess a Christian faith should not do as they please if they truly believe.
No matter the arguments sexual activity outside of marriage is not kosher in Christianity, nor is sex merely for increasing the population when you are married, homosexual sex is more often than not opposed to in the bible despite what some might like or say. Unfortunately on this basis homosexual clergy cannot be objected to, especially as the Presbyterian Church is a democratic institution, but homosexuals must know that their lifestyle choice isn't necessarily Christian just because you say so.
"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John 8:7
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