Letter To Louise

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Jesus and Paul made it clear that the rule of law was in the past and now we live by grace and the spirit, not the letter of the law. On strictly biblical grounds, the doctrine of the divine right of kings has a firmer base than government by the people. I have a special interest in the book as Pauline Collins taught me for a short while in 1964 at her father's primary school.

Those who have repressed or denied their homosexual feelings for pathological reasons are the ones in greatest danger of acting out those needs compulsively, imprudently, and unconsciously, seeking punishment for what they see as their crime….First, he says, the damaging effects of active alcoholism are readily apparent, but the APA ceased characterizing homosexuality as a disease “because there was no clinical evidence that homosexual activity resulted in any more destructive behaviors than was the case for persons engaging in heterosexual activity. When I began reading I soon realized things about myself I now deplore: I was ignorant of the many facts about homosexuality and what the Bible says about it. But homosexuals have no physical or mental limitations, and there is nothing about the homosexual that can be defined as an aberration. Gays in a major city complained to the police that it was not safe for them to walk in their neighborhood. I regret it now, but I’m sure I have said it a thousand times–you’ve heard me–“Jesus commanded us to do” so and so.

Every fifteen minutes in America a heterosexual rapes a woman; homosexuals don’t rape women or kidnap young girls or give birth to babies infected with AIDS. In June 2001 the Presbyterian General Assembly voted to permit ordination of openly non-celibate gay clergy. This [homosexuality] gives him a great capacity for friendship, which often creates ties of astonishing tenderness between men, and may even rescue friendship between the sexes from its limbo of the impossible.The American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially recognized it in 1973 when it declassified homosexuality as being a mental illness. Once we understand what marriage is, we can see what marriage would mean for us, and why it is worth fighting for. Lively, amusing at times,never dull and a real tear jerker when Pauline has to hand over her baby for adoption .

They have no relevance to the reason for the book, and feel as if they've been placed simply to pad out the pages.I have read over fifty books by theologians on both sides of this issue and by eminent psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists and ethicists. But when the world believes that churches despise and condemn homosexuals, those who hate them find encouragement. Here in the UK, she's quite well known for her stage, television and film work, and she's someone I admire for her range and her humor. Because the latter part was very moving, but all the cute, folksy stuff of her growing up, and, surprisingly, most of the jobbing actor bit, was really rather dull and unnecessary.