Ruth Kelly and Homosexuality
Firstly, it always amazes me that I don't post anything for a couple of days (or 5) and people start pressing me to write because 'you haven't penned anything for ages, Noel'. It's good to know people love my writings so much that they can't wait for the next one. Enough of the inflated ego, methinks...
Iain Dale launched in to Ruth Kelly this morning after she appeared on the Radio 5 Live today about her new job as Equalities Minister. According to Mr. Dale, because Ruth Kelly refused to support homosexual civil partnerships or a reduced age of consent for gay people, she is unfit in her brief as Equalities Minister. When asked this morning whether homosexuality is a sin, she didn't answer directly, saying it was a 'conscience question'.
I really don't see why it's a big issue. Well, actually I do. You see, Ruth Kelly is a Catholic, and Iain Dale isn't a Catholic's best friend. But the fact is this - being a Catholic is no bar to office and I see no reason at all why sincerely held faith should just be shunned to the side in Government departments. It is a part of Ruth Kelly's politics.
And for the record, I think she is quite right. Homosexuality is sin - it's not the way God intended man or woman to be in creation. It goes right against the order of creation and, like anything else that goes against the way God intends things to be, anything which reinforces it as acceptable should not be encouraged by Christians. After all, she's not trying to persecute homosexuals (that would be wrong), but she is perfectly entitled to say that they are in the wrong. I fully support her stance both against a lower age of consent for homosexuals and civil partnerships. I believe both are seen as wrong by God.
It's not about persecuting people who are gay. It's about wanting to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
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