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- LETTERS, Page 6Gay Clergy
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- The controversy over whether homosexuals should be ordained
- as clergy and the demand for toleration toward gays (RELIGION,
- Nov. 13) are yet other sad indications that modern Christianity
- is decaying into little more than a high-minded social club.
- Those who are attempting to adapt church rules to their own
- life-styles forget the underlying principle of Christianity.
- True Christianity is built on the unshakable foundation of
- absolute moral values laid down by God, not men. God's laws
- cannot be modified to accommodate the whims of social
- conscience.
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- Steven H. Parker New Britain, Conn.
-
- I think your article perpetuates the myth that homosexual
- people have a certain life-style for which they seek the
- church's endorsement, when in fact gays lead lives every bit as
- diverse as those of nongays and are merely looking for the right
- of participation, not endorsement. Enlightened thinkers within
- our churches are beginning to realize that spirituality is a
- human concern that extends to everyone, not just heterosexuals.
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- Philip Bockman New York City
-