I have read both of Jim McDermott’s letters that have appeared recently in the Northern Star. In an attempt to defend homosexuality, he has carefully avoided the issue of whether it is morally right or wrong.

Instead, he has attacked society, charging it with discrimination, oppression and bigotry. Yes, our society is guilty of these acts, but that doesn’t justify homosexuality.

Mr. McDermott then charged Marie Nelson with omitting part of Romans, Chapter I, in her November 17 letter to the Star. He then proceeded to omit verses 26 and 27 from his letter.

Romans, Chapter I, Verses 26 and 27 read, “Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”

If this doesn’t describe homosexual acts, I’d like someone to tell me what it is describing.

However, Mr. McDermott totally excluded homosexuality from his list of horrendous crimes—even though it is clearly there.

I challenge Mr. McDermott to stop avoiding the issue of the morality of homosexuality and tackle it head on instead of pointing the finger at society’s wrongs and misusing the Bible.

Steve Brown

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