Hello Greg, "Greg Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jonathan wrote: >> I have certainly arrived at my own point of view (briefly, the sexual >> orientation of a person is irrelevant in deciding the eligibility of a person >> for leadership or ordained ministry) after a long period of seeking to >> understand the will of God. I believe my point of view is consistent with the >> bible. > I think the vast majority of people within the Uniting Church would agree with > you. It is not the sexual orientation of the person that is the issue, but the > sexual behaviour. Thanks Greg. In trying to be too brief, I may not have been clear. For completeness, since my view on this matter is really secondary to my main point, I mean: * the same standards and criteria should be applied to assess all candidates for ministry and all candidates to fill a placement regardless of sexual orientation And to fend off the next objection: * for the purposes of any assessment referred to above, "marriage" (the voluntary, lifelong union of a male and a female to the exclusion of all others) is equivalent to a voluntary, lifelong union of two people of the same gender to the exclusion of all others (regardless of whether the latter is called a "marriage" or not). Cheers, Jonathan __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
