ugh. this reminds me of that case where the Greeks were threatening to sue America for filming the movie Troy and demonstrating that he was gay. Why are people so immature that they feel EMBARRASSED that a HERO was GAY? Does that make him any less of a man? I think not. Grow up people...it's 2oo5...freedom to be who you are and express yourself. If you have a problem, then go sit in a corner and whine about it all you want becasue NOTHING is going to change...no matter what you do.

homosexuality=decision NOT BIRTH
and yes, being sutpid is not with you at birth either, just because you dont have enough talent in an aspect of life doesnt mean you're stupid.

debilitation car accident- not with you at birth.

so it must be your choice, eh?

stupidity, not with you at birth (or so you say), so you choose to be stupid?

the man is corrupted...gay characters are awesome...

Care to share specific examples?

are you sure the bible has gay characters?

The Bible consistently tells us that homosexual activity is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13; Leviticus 18:22; Romans 1:26-27; 1Corinthians 6:9). Romans 1:26-27 teaches specifically that homosexuality is a result of denying and disobeying God. When a person continues in sin and disbelief, the Bible tells us that God “gives them over” to even more wicked and depraved sin in order to show them the futility and hopelessness of life apart from God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 proclaims that homosexual “offenders” will not inherit the kingdom of God.

God does not create a person with homosexual desires. The Bible tells us that a person becomes a homosexual because of sin (Romans 1:24-27), and ultimately because of their own choice. A person may be born with a greater susceptibility to homosexuality, just as people are born with a tendency to violence and other sins. That does not excuse the person choosing to sin by giving into their sinful desires. If a person is born with a greater susceptibility to anger / rage, does that make it right for then to give into those desires? Of course not! The same is true for homosexuality.

However, the Bible does not describe homosexuality as a “greater” sin that any other. All sin is offensive to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the kingdom of God. According to the Bible, God’s forgiveness is just as available to a homosexual as it is to an adulterer, idol worshipper, murderer, thief, etc. God also promises the strength for victory over sin, including homosexuality, to all those who will believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation (1Corinthians 6:11; 2Corinthians 5:17).

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Yes, and church is seperate from state. so what the Bible says is totally irrelevant when making a government decision, such as banning books with gay characters.

explain to me exactly why homosexuality is a choice. ur own gender is not a choice (in most cases), so why is which gender u are attracted to

Can you care to elaborate on that part?

WEll, if you cannot decide if you are born male or female, then why can you choose whether or not your attracted to men or women?

lol just realized i said the same thing again with slightly different wording.

anyway, if homosexuality exists in the real world, then why should it be a crimeto write about it in books, which in themselves reflect reality as seen by the author?

that's just wrong. it's not like homosexuals are aliens or something. they're humans too. and yeah, even the bible has homosexuality in it. so are they going to ban the bible now

lovin the irony.

Christian govenor seeks to erradicate the gays. ends up burning his own religious texts. Excellent.

the bible condones homosexuality, no? so uh..it wouldn't be like that. sorry to drown your hopes.

2 christian groups have declared that spongebob squarepants promotes gays.

ok, so maybe spongebob does promote homosexuality. woohoo. ?

hahaha

inbred hicks

i'm not saying that it condones homosexuality or promotes it, just the fact that it contains homosexuality, even though it is the talk of homosexuality being a sin.

wtf. we all know that NJ here is the laughing stock of the US

that's retarded...there's nothing wrong with homosexuality i don't think though i know some people disagree but banning books? thats a bit much.

that's west virginians.

alabama's christian fundamentalist country, not hick country. get it right.

i saw a article clip on that, lol just because spongebob sings we are family a parent wants to stop the video when in fact there are no relation to accepting homosexuals. the only relation that they have is the people who made that video have a sign in on their website and have to agree or disagree to accept any race culture or differences in people such as homosexuality.



are you F***ING kidding me? wow your really brain dead. i guess you "chose" to be stupid when you were born.

Again, banning homosexual characters in books will do us no good as it will discontinue a huge chunk of records that are a part of our culture and history.

I really wanted to address the fact that quite a few of you have said something along the lines of "grow up", "you're immature", "stupid", " and there is a "freedom of expression"... etc without taking into consideration of what you're saying at all. It's like you guys are just throwing words out there in anger.

Yes, I understand that those of you who support homosexual rights are upset over this, but keep in mind that what you guys are supporting, freedom of lifestyle or just freedom in general, gives the same right to those who choose to be against homosexuals. As there are two sides of this controversy, there are two sides of freedom: the freedom to support, and the freedom to not support.

In this debate, the best way to go about things, in my humble opinion, is that you all use logic and facts to present your views. Condescension will give leeway to more spite that will add on to what is already a situation full of anger, and even hate, from both sides.

worst thing ever! let people write what they want let the kids read it! its not like theyr'e saying come be gay with me cause gay people are cool, or any thing like that its just a character

the thing on saying homosexuality is okay, well it is, that's some one eles opinion, not his he should not be able to ban every thing he doesnt agre wit next hes going to say no more jobs for people who dont graduate

..yea seriously

Man, I don't like homosexuality... but I don't think you can ban a book b/c of that.