"I want to repent of what I wrote before," he said, referring to his 1996 book that denounced homosexuality. Christopher Hays also says he is proud of his father for acting as a model. "
A lot of hate on this guy. Not saying it’s not deserved. But it has to start somewhere.
“My exegesis of those half dozen passages, it hasn’t changed. I think the Bible says what it says, and disapproves of gay sex, full stop,” Hays continued. “But there’s a very arbitrary selectivity about picking out those two verses in Leviticus as the foundation for an opinion on this subject.”
I used to be a fundamentalist right wing Christian Republican. I see myself in this sentence.
The love of Christ that Christians say they have was nowhere near their hatred of “the gays”. Jesus says nothing of Homosexuality so Christians hang their politics on two really obscure verses in the Old Testament.
He’s taking steps in the right direction. He still has a ways to go to make amends.
But the fact that he’s publicly “coming out” with his apology should be seen as a good thing because he’s likely going to get bomb and death threats from the fundamentalists.
Apologies are a great start, but if he truly means it then he should be prepared to do as Christ would. He should make it a point to fight for rights and welfare of the community he has harmed for the rest of his life.
If it convinces other Nazis to stop being Nazis, then I’ll give a “thank you.” Not that I’m putting them on a pedestal. But I’ll acknowledge that change is hard and admitting you were wrong is hard.
Having said that, I know it’s a contentious issue. The rest of us managed to not be Nazis in the first place.
Honestly, I think there’s a portion of extremists that just don’t feel like they have an option to quit. Either because of embarrassment or that’s their only social network. I support giving these people an avenue to correct themselves and integrate into society as easily as possible, within reason. Similar to how I believe we should make an effort to integrate former convicts, within reason.
Actually, we do celebrate former convicts integrating back into society.
A lot of hate on this guy. Not saying it’s not deserved. But it has to start somewhere.
I used to be a fundamentalist right wing Christian Republican. I see myself in this sentence.
The love of Christ that Christians say they have was nowhere near their hatred of “the gays”. Jesus says nothing of Homosexuality so Christians hang their politics on two really obscure verses in the Old Testament.
He’s taking steps in the right direction. He still has a ways to go to make amends.
But the fact that he’s publicly “coming out” with his apology should be seen as a good thing because he’s likely going to get bomb and death threats from the fundamentalists.
Apologies are a great start, but if he truly means it then he should be prepared to do as Christ would. He should make it a point to fight for rights and welfare of the community he has harmed for the rest of his life.
A Nazi who apologizes for being a Nazi gets an “about time, but not enough” and not a “thank you.”
If it convinces other Nazis to stop being Nazis, then I’ll give a “thank you.” Not that I’m putting them on a pedestal. But I’ll acknowledge that change is hard and admitting you were wrong is hard.
Having said that, I know it’s a contentious issue. The rest of us managed to not be Nazis in the first place.
Why would it convince them?
Honestly, I think there’s a portion of extremists that just don’t feel like they have an option to quit. Either because of embarrassment or that’s their only social network. I support giving these people an avenue to correct themselves and integrate into society as easily as possible, within reason. Similar to how I believe we should make an effort to integrate former convicts, within reason.
Actually, we do celebrate former convicts integrating back into society.