Aé - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 9, 2000 ‘Momma’ is up to no good Dear Sir: Does anything good come oul of California? That question is in regards to “Momma” and his film crew visiting Terrace. It is very imporlant to beware of anything that comes out of California since it is in- deed the land of “fruit and nuts”. I was absolutely ap- palled that this sort of per- verted’ filth made headline news on the ‘front page of the Wednesday, August 2, 2000 The Terrace Stan- dard, The fact that “Momma” claims to be a born-again Christian is absolutely ti- diculous, Yes, ] am going io be judgmental of this because I believe that it is OK to judge when dealing with something that is contrary to the Ward of God. Leviticus 18:22 says “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womank- ind; it is abomination.” [ do not: believe that a homosexual can be a born- again Christian unless they repent of their ungodly and abominable lifestyle and forsake it as sin. a CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag God calls homosexual- ity an abomination in His Word. You can argue that fact if you want, but God said it, and that settles it! Why can’t a homosexual also be a Christian? Weil the answer is found in Re- velation 21:27, “And there shall be in no wise enter into it any thing that defi- leth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but: they which are written in- the Lamb’s book of life.” This verse plainly says that anything is an abomi- nation cannot enter :into Heaven. Gad calls homo- sexuality an abomination, and therefore, those who participate in the homo- sexual lifestyle are those who “worketh abomina- tion”. If they do not repent of this lifestyle and ask God for forgiveness and salva- tion, they have no hope of ever walking through the pearly gates. Looking at what God has to say in His Word, I don’t believe for one second that “Momma” is a Christian. God is a Ged of love, but He hates sin. Now, don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate homosexuals or les- bians as fellow humans that God loves. , What | hate is the sinful lifestyle they participate in, because God hates it: I am a God-fearing, born- again Christian, and I can- not but refute and expose what God calis sin, Yes, it is good to have love for people, but at the same time it is very im- portant to shaw people what God has to say con- cerning sin. I-am- not going-to stop quoting Scripture, as one individual last week sug- gested would be a good idea. Isaiah 55:11 says “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shail not return unto me yoid, but it shall accomplish -that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. A gay pride day is not something that any com- munity needs, [t’s high lime for Christians and others who are disgusted by homosexuality to stand up and admit that they don’t want this perversion infiltrating our community. E.N. Roy, Terrace, B.C. No sense In a gay pride day Dear Sir: If city council declares a “Gay and Lesbian Pride Day”, they should put forth an Afro-Canadian Pride Day for all the black people in the community. Granted, it is a little difficult for us to hide in a closet, but we are a minor- ity like the gays and les- bians. We deserve a day that we can parade down the street and declare our- selves proud to be black. If the reason for the gay pride day is because they feel that they shouldn’t have to hide or be ashamed af who they are, well, black people : shouldn't. be -ashamed - of: -- who they are either. “How about a day for the East Indian people, Chi- nese people, Asian people, and American people as well? None of the above should be ashamed of who they are, or their heritage. In her recent letter, Maureen Bostock states that “A gay pride procla- mation sends an important message that intolerance and bigotry are unaccept- able to Canadians....” De- claring an Afro-Canadian pride day would send the same message. Why does it have to be a gay pride proclamation to send that message? Why not pick another cause to send the same message. Would all these people who support the gay pride proclamation be willing to support an Afro- Canadian Pride Day? If not, why not? The point is, I don’t ex- pect a person who is not an Afro-Canadian to sup- port my bid for an Afro- Canadian -Pride Day, be- cause they are not black. But if 1 don’t support a pay pride day, [ am a bigot and have no tolerance for other people. Does anyone else see a double standard here? The thing is, once you start proclaiming a day for this group and a day for that group, it begins to be- come discriminatory not to have a day for all races and all kinds of people. If city council is going to start giving out all these proclamations, then I say we should get rid of them because their job is to run the city and make deci- sions regarding city growth, not sit around and waste time on proclama- tions. I do agree that there are some instances where they should give prociamations, but they shouldn't be giv- ing proclamations out just because this particular TEEN HOMES NEEDED Ministry for Children & Families needs foster homes for teans in your community. IF interested please call 630-2311, ask for Lee Coxford, group wants one so they can feel special. If gays and lesbians really wanted to be treated like everyone else, then why have a spe- cial day for them? They keep saying that they are normal people and their lifestyle shouldn’t make a differ- ence in how they are trea- ted. Well, is there a pro- clamation for straight people? I do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle but 1 cannot choose the path that others will go down. They will have to answer for their own choices and lifestyles when the time comes, We cannot have cily council wasting time de- claring proclamations that cause reverse discrimina- tion. If city council de- clared an Afro-Canadian day, would that not be dis- criminalory toward people who are not African-Cana- dians? 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