THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, August 9, 1995 TAG: 9508090005
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 41 lines
I read (with sadness, not anger) the July 6 story about Alice and Carol, two mature lesbians who have lived together for a number of years with their secret sexual preference. Seems to me that not long ago in the United States, pre-marital sex, adultery, homosexual activity and sodomy used to be illegal. Has there been a recent change?
Many people say that because the church speaks against Alice's and Carol's behavior that Christians are hypocrites, but somewhere somebody must declare what is spiritually and morally correct in the sight of God.
America has many laws (instructions) that must be upheld or there is a penalty. The Bible also gives instructions about moral living that must be upheld or there is a penalty.
The only difference in the instructions of the Bible and the laws of America is that if you don't follow the instruction of Christ you can be forgiven if your intention is not to repeat the offense (according to Scripture, not personal opinion); in America, many laws are just on paper and are totally ignored because so many are guilty.
It seems that America wants to rewrite Scripture to read: ``If so many are doing it, it can't be spiritually or morally wrong.'' One standard cannot be altered. God's standard was here before we were and will be here long after. It's unchanging. If Christians can't make a statement about right and wrong without being called hypocrites, who can?
Maybe the paper will visit a Christian home that still carries this same standard and write an article about the wholesomeness and morals that Christians are trying to preserve instead of the immoral events that attempt to deplete this nation of its distinctiveness and spiritual morality.
ANTONIO A. GARDNER SR.
Suffolk, July 20, 1995 by CNB