Talulah

I too would be hesitant to allow my children too much time around a gay man who is 'constantly struggling.' How do you say time bomb?

Besides, spurly, you say that you you wouldn't prevent a homosexual from coming to church and worshiping. That is completely unscriptural. A little leven levans the whole lump, cast that evil from among you. Just like the man with his mother-in-law, his sin is influencing the church.

In other words, you aren't being the bigot the bible tells you to be.

abe smith

I realise that your sentence about relocating to Canada (I know how persuasive the reasons are!) was marginal to the topic here, Guy/Andrew (Are you CofE, then?).

But my impression is ( responding to the many of us who carry the remove-to-Canada as a private fantasy) that the rational & hard-working neighbors to our North do NOT want and are officially = government/legally opposed to admitting self-styled refugees , or *any* permanent immigrants from the lower 50.
Why shd they accept USA "fugitives"? Canada has economic & other problems of its own.

I may decide to live in Newfy part-time, even so.....
Where are you in "mid-coastal Maine ", Cleric? I lived about 6 yrs (front of the 1990s) downEaster of you >>> Machias.
I've considered living fulltime for short periods aboard the NS/Newfy ferry; possibly an impossibly-wacko fantasy...

Godless Dave

But Big Brothers/Big Sisters is not a Christian organization, and they cater to children of all religions. Why should they be expected to adhere to Christian doctrine in all cases? And how do you expect to convince them with a solely Christian argument? I'm pretty sure that parents and guardians can request a heterosexual or even a Christan Big Brother or Sister for their child.

(Leaving aside for the moment that not all Christians believe homosexual behavior is a sin; most American Christians and probably the majority of Christians worldwide do).

TomboyMom

(1) cite your source
(2) What per cent of pedophiles are lesbians?
(3) What per cent of gay men are pedophiles?
(4) So (according to your statistics) 90 % of pedophiles are heterosexual men? Sounds like that's the group that should be excluded from working with children.
(5) You really get on my nerves.

TomboyMom

As many gay and lesbian people as heterosexuals are decent people, even heroes, who should be looked up to and honored. This is especially true of those with the integrity and courage to live honestly and be true to themselves. I will name Michelangelo, Jane Addams, and that guy on the plane who (along with others) defeated the terrorists on 9/11 and prevented a third major tragedy on that day. The kind of people who need to be kept away from influencing children are narrow bigots who wrongly week to deprive others of their rights, and god-worshippers who spread their lies and propaganda, and who are known to proselytize these same lies to adults and impressionable children.

Treacle Worshipper

Thank you for clearing that up, Godless Dave. I had assumed BB/BS was a Christian org., given the comments of previous posters. (Yep, I'm lazy.)
TW

Fr.Andrew

(Fr Andrew): Hi, Abe! You may be right, and it certainly makes sense that Canada would be reluctant to make citizens of people likely to end up on the dole, but it seems that if someone has a marketable skill that would contribute to the economy (possibly create jobs), any nation would be foolish to turn them away. This day and age.

I live on Hatchet Mountain--beyond Hope.
Machias is a pretty place. Maine is a pretty place.
Theologian, yes. Cleric, no.

You can have a ferryboat job. That's a miserable way to make a living, IMO--especially on the North Atlantic in the wintertime.

TomboyMom

I see you didn't care to answer this question. It's something like .001%
Therefore the best way to protect children from pedophilia is for them to be cared for excusively by lesbians? Any objection? If so, examine your premises and your prejudices.

Loren Pechtel

If we are looking for a group to keep away from kids we ought to look to Christians. Pedophilia is often the result of sexual repression.

spurly

If you are open to, and would accept a relationship with someone of the same sex, then I probably would not recommend placing you in a position of influence in a child's life.

Note. I didn't say that I would beat you up, burn your house down, ask your boss to fire you, or anything else. You still have rights to live the type of life you want to live, but when it comes to children who I have the grave responsibility of helping with their spiritual growth, I would not place you in their life as a role-model. Please note, that I would also not place you in their life as a straw man to knock down and say how evil you were.

Kevin