The Jon, Hi *waves* ) How ya doing? What is your opinion on homosexuality?

Hi Teegs,
after hearing about all the controversy, I had to come read. I want to clarify one or two things for people who have posted. Firstly, most news stations, including the ABC itself reported the fact that the very Catholic (what the 'very' means I'm not sure) Tony Abbott had commented on this supposedly political piece.
Secondly, I think it should be made clear that although the show made a reference to "two mums", it never mentioned anything about 'lesbianism' and was in fact misinterpreted by PlaySchool presenter Rhys Muldoon as being about a mother and a stepmum when he first read the script.
Now Teegs, I must say that your entry in this blog is somewhat less inflammatory than you had led me to believe, but I am glad of that because it sounded out of character. I think your final conclusion is the sort of conclusion that many of us non-Christians wish Christians would come to: that you have your opinion but you realise you cannot force others to become Christians and should not deny the existence of gay people. In fact, the show might have provided Christian parents the opportunity to talk to their children about their view of the issue, hopefully with a constant emphasis on 'love the sinner, hate the sin' (although a lot of Christians don't seem to know anything about this attitude, which is why many people react so anatagonistically to Christianity in general: although this is no different to people hating all Aborigines simply because of Geoff Clarke's hypocrisy).
Personally I would hate to raise my children (if I were to have them) without them having some exposure to alternative lifestyles to their own white, hettie, middle-class upbringing.
And yes you are right about attitudes to PlaySchool decades ago. They caused great controversy when they were among the first to start showing people of other races and religions to children. Now this has become an accepted part of Australian society. Well, except in Ipswich where the debates run high in fish and chip shops about whether we should just shoot all the abos and get on with it.
Finally, the more controversial segment. I understand your interpretation of the Laviticus entry about men lying with men. However, I think it is somewhat misleading to say that it says in black and white that God thinks homosexuality is an abomination. Many Christians interpret the Bible quite differently. I'm sure you well remember that fwd I sent you about that particular book of the Bible. What is more, JC made comments where he explicitly contradicted sections of the Old Testament, so I think it is clear that it is not obligatory as a Christian to take everything in the Bible exactly the way each Church teaches it. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any Protestant churches. And where would the world be without the Protties?
Love one another,
Romony
PS Jon, you are no less of a fool than the hypocrites in the Church who would preach hatred of homosexuals. You go on about tolerance of people like my namesakes (Romony) and then aggressively attack the Christians for their own religious beliefs of love. The Bible is acknowledged by almost everyone to be a book that is at least based in fact (that a man called Jesus Christ preached a lot of these things). Yes the book is often used for evil. But that does not make the book itself evil. Just inaccurate, IMO.

The very Bible you quote also says"Love They Neighbor", "Thou Shalt Not Kill", " "Nation shal not wage war against another nation".
Why are you being selective in your confusion? Lesbian moms and gay dads are the least of todays troubles in the world."