GAY TRUTH

Joseph Sciambra, 44, will be the first to tell you of his large-hearted and abiding love for gays . He will also be the first to tell you that despite its feel-good name, genuine happiness cannot be found in the “gay” lifestyle. The former gay porn actor has described his own journey into the darkest core of the gay underworld in the Castro District of San Francisco in the early 90’s as like being “ Swallowed by Satan ” – the title of his new book, in which he recounts his experiences.  Joseph, who left the gay scene thirteen years ago after a dramatic reconversion to the Catholic faith , says his quest for love and acceptance through sex began with pornography . At the age of eight, he one day naively flipped through a porn magazine left out by an older brother. This was followed by more graphic porn magazines. Then came masturbation and the urge to act out with others what he saw in the magazines.  Joseph Sciambra Joseph says that what he craved to experienc...

SLAVE, SLAVERY I. In the Old Testament a. Introduction Under the influence of Roman law , a slave is usually considered to be a person (male or female) owned by another, without rights, and—like any other form of personal property—to be used and disposed of in whatever way the owner may wish. In the ancient biblical East, however, slaves could and did acquire various rights before the law or by custom, and these included ownership (even of other slaves) and the power to conduct business while they were yet under their masters’ control. Slavery is attested from the earliest times throughout the ancient Near East, and owed its existence and perpetuation primarily to economic factors. b. Sources of slaves (i) By capture. Captives, especially prisoners of war, were commonly reduced to slavery (Gn. 14:21, claimed by the king of Sodom; Nu. 31:9; Dt. 20:14; 21:10ff.; Jdg. 5:30; 1 Sa. 4:9 (cf. RSV); 2 Ki. 5:2; 2 Ch. 28:8, 10ff.), a custom that goes back as far as written documents...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK , June 21, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A New York lesbian couple has sued to force a Catholic hospital to provide them with insurance benefits by challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The same-sex couple has filed a lawsuit against Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and St. Joseph’s Medical Center because one of St. Joseph’s divisions, St. Vincent’s Westchester, denied them spousal benefits. The plaintiffs, who have  chosen to remain anonymous , are seeking past and future benefits and a declaration that they are entitled to receive them. Though New York recognizes same-sex marriage, self-insured employers such as St. Joseph’s  may still refuse to recognize them  because they are governed by federal regulations, rather than state regulations. Catholic League  President Bill Donohue strongly condemned the lawsuit on Wednesday in a statement e-mailed to LifeSiteNews.com, calling it an infringement on the ...