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In Matthew 19:12, is being born as a eunuch a support for homosexuality?

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European illustration of one of the "white eunuchs" of the Ottoman Sultan's court (1749) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) "For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it," (Matthew 19:12). This verse cannot be used to support the idea of people being born as homosexuals because of how the term eunuch is used in its three instances, as well as its overall context.  First of all, Jesus  is speaking about marriage and divorce, Matthew 19:3 -10, not about homosexuality.  Remember,  marriage  was a social expectation in the Jewish culture .  Therefore, we must look at this in the context of biblical marriage which would necessitate a denial of homosexuality. Consider also that the word "eunuch" is used three times in the verse, which sug...

Belize Catholic bishop condemns push for gay sex, orders schools to cut ties with Planned Parenthood

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BELIZE CITY , March 14, 2014 – Belize 's Roman Catholic Bishop Dorick Wright issued a directive to the country's Catholic schools stating that "organizations whose activities and positions are actively opposed to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church , and which endanger the souls of the People of God , cannot be welcomed under any circumstances in our schools.” The bishop's letter specifically named the Belize Family Life Association (BFLA), the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM), the National AIDS Commission and the Red Cross program called “Together We Can,”  according  to  Amandala News . Bishop Dorick Wright Bishop Wright charged these groups with promoting “the First World’s errors and problems” among “unsuspecting people,” such as the notion of “sexual rights” among children, as well as abortion and homosexuality, and warned that they “foster programs that ultimately undermine our Catholic values.” “These organizations often present...

US Ambassador Aponte rams gay agenda onto El Salvador

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Image via Wikipedia Pro-family groups in El Salvador have mounted an organized protest against the current United States ambassador to the country, after she published a controversial article in a local newspaper denouncing “homophobia,” which she says is “based on the lack of understanding of what it really means to be homosexual or transgender.” Mari Carmen Aponte , who was temporarily appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama in 2010 during a congressional recess, also lauded the Obama administration’s international activism against “discrimination” against homosexuals and cited Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ’s claim that “Gay rights are Human Rights .” But Aponte’s  article , which was published on June 28 in the La Prensa Grafica newspaper, has been met with outrage by numerous human rights and pro-family organizations in El Salvador, who accuse her of violating international law and seeking to impose the U.S.‘s homosexual political agenda on the country. “Mrs. Apont...

Christian churches file court papers today in fight over sodomy in Belize

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Image via Wikipedia A lawsuit backed by powerful international lawyers and pressure groups has placed the poor Central American country of Belize in the crosshairs of an international battle over homosexuality. On one side of the battle stand three groups of international lawyers. On the other side is the government of Belize and a consortium of Christian Churches who have hired high- powered legal talent who are expected to file papers in court today. The battle began last September when a homosexual advocacy group challenged Belize’s criminal code, which penalizes “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any person.” The Solicitor General of Belize answered this challenge in February with an affidavit defending the sodomy laws, which drew a further response from a powerful group of lawyers including the International Commission of Jurists , the Commonwealth Lawyers Association , and Human Dignity Trust to join the case as interested parties.   One of the at...