I just wanted to thank Sophie Prell for writing “The Politics of Fear,” a wonderful commentary that was heartfelt and sincere. I have had a burning desire to retract “Homosexual sex is dysfunctional,” an editorial letter that I wrote against homosexuality, and that was published in the Daily in 2003. So, this is my apology and retraction to the LGBT community. I am truly sorry for my statements, and I feel intensely that there will be choice, justice, and equality for all in this country in the not-too-distant future.

In furthering this discussion, my letter is addressed to my fellow Christians, who are a major part of the religious counter-assault against LGBT community’s deserved right to equality within the framework of our Constitution. Yes, this means Bible-time, but bear with me. Do we not live in an age of grace?

Paul said in I Corinthians 4:3 that he doesn’t judge others, in fact he doesn’t even judge himself, for he knows that we all fall short. Despite the fact that we all sin by Biblical standards, Christians have gotten it into their heads that the actions of LGBT community are so much worse than any of their own actions.

Basically we (Christians) think that “our s*** doesn’t stink,” and this holier-than-thou routine is separating us from two very important things. First, that the beauty of our faith is that no matter what we do or have done we are forgiven by God at any point in our lifetime when we accept Christ as our savior. Finally, that we are supposed to love our neighbor as ourselves. These two points should make us jump to defend the rights of others. In a country where we have freedom of expression and privacy, Christians are asking our government to dictate beliefs and to pass on undeserving judgment upon fellow Americans. Last I checked, God does not say that governments are His ambassadors to the world, its individuals. What kind of representatives are we of God when we seek to remove the freedom of choice, that he has given all of us, from our fellow neighbors whom we have deemed unfit based on our judgment of life choices and biology? It’s time to end the persecution of our friends and neighbors by perpetuating the greatest uniting force in the universe: love.

Anthony Freeman

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