> It doesn't suprise me, either. The pressures teens go through are
> difficult enough without having to comtemplate about how they're
> "wrong" for having the feelings they do. It's very difficult to
> realize that all the teachings you were brought up to believe in are
> NOT neccisarily true. To do what you feel is right, and not to simply
> conform to the rest of society, takes quite a bit out of a person...
> and when you have peers, parents, and the church telling you that
> "Gays are an abomination and will die because of it," it makes it
> quite understandable why many teens choose to neither "change" their
> orientation NOR continue to defy those laws. They instead choose to
> kill themselves. It's a pity, but that's what organized religion has
> done. IMHO
>
Jarrad, i accept your opinion; again good thought put into your
response. One thing i would like to point out is that while organized
religion may be somewhat responsible for teens' response to the Church's
bashing of gays; organized religion as a whole is NOT Christian
religion. As a Christian, i do NOT agree with the responses of many
religious denominations for they think the same way as most other
individuals, condemning the gay individual AND lifestyle, instead of
just the lifestyle and TEACH what the Bible says concerning this
subject WITHOUT being pushy and unforgiving.
 
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