Letter of the WeeQ

As a gay United Methodist minister, I applaud Leonard Pitts Jr. admonishing those who draw on selective Scripture to support their bias against homosexuals (“Commandment for Literalists: Thou Shalt Not Quote the Bible Selectively,” March 11).

It is particularly annoying when these folks misquote the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19), as though it has anything to do with a person’s homosexual orientation. This is a story of heterosexual men desiring to rape other men to assert their power over them.

Read with an open mind. Anyone can see this story has absolutely nothing to do with the wholesome and holy beauty of gay people expressing love to one another. It is always sad when people select Scripture to support their bigoted bias instead of allowing Scripture to personally nourish them and lead them to a better Christian life.
— The Rev. David R. Holmes, Council Bluffs.

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