AUSTIN RUSE: Fifteen Minutes for the New Homophiles.

Conservative Christians, opponents of the gay agenda, opponents particularly of gay marriage, are so eager not to be considered bigots that the New Homophiles are acceptable to them. What a welcome relief. See, we’re not bigots. . . . Christians still need to take a closer look at New Homophile claims. . . .

The New Homophiles hold that their same-sex attraction was not only given to them by God but that along with the attraction God gave them uniquely “gay” spiritual gifts. Such language was actually used in the first draft of the document at the Extraordinary Synod in October, language quickly excised.

One of these special gifts is supposedly this ability to form close friendships, though from what I have read of refugees, there are fewer lonelier places on earth than in the “gay” community.

Earlier posts have touched on this point:

• The Real Lives of Gay Men
• An interview with a “former gay porn actor”
• Homosexuals and bisexuals more likely to be involved in intimate partner violence

Ruse continues,

Yes, they want the Church to be gay-positive; more than that though, they want Church doctrine to recognize their “gayness” as gifts from God and through their gayness they’ve been given unique spiritual gifts. The New Homophiles will deny all of this, but it is in their now voluminous writings.

Without a doubt this is an important debate to have, but it is an important debate to actually have.

Earlier: The New Homophiles: A Closer Look.