Church's Billboards Affirm Gay Love

By FRANK HEINZ

Updated 3:00 PM CST, Wed, Sep 9, 2009

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Four billboards along Interstate 30 between Fort Worth and Grand Prairie will likely send some drivers into fits.

The billboards are inviting Christians to be more Christian by not excluding gays and lesbians from their churches, while asserting that it is OK in the eyes of God to be homosexual -- a practice thought by many conservative Christians to be an abomination.

The "Would Jesus Discriminate" campaign is sponsored by five DFW Metropolitan Community Churches, whose congregations are predominantly gay and lesbian. The purpose of the campaign is to "engage people in a friendly discussion about Jesus' message of inclusion," according to the whywouldwe.org Web site.

With statements such as "Jesus affirmed a gay couple" and "Ruth loved Naomi as Adam loved Eve," the billboards assert homosexuality has been around for thousands of years. The billboards also offer a scripture reference that is meant to validate the message.

Each billboard also asks the reader, "Would Jesus discriminate?"

So, what do you think about the billboards? Leave your comments below.

First Published: Sep 9, 2009 12:48 PM CST

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Jesus does love everyone, without discrimination. He does NOT, however, tolerate sin. God's word clearly calls homosexuality an abomination. Case closed."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_58116877","adminTags":null,"views":9330,"createdBy":12321721,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Church's Billboards Affirm Gay Love","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":1316084,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"9 Sep 2009 20:20:37 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":5,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Openminded","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"746841","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Because I'm so sure that there is no drunks, no one greedy, no thieves, no slanderers, nor swindlers in your church."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_58116877","adminTags":null,"views":9330,"createdBy":12321721,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Church's Billboards Affirm Gay Love","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":1316084,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"9 Sep 2009 20:22:43 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":5,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Openminded","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"746854","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"PROUD2BECONSERVATIVE, why not research a little bit about which words are actually being used in the verse. Go ahead and look up the word "pais" and it's common usage in biblical times."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_58116877","adminTags":null,"views":9330,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Church's Billboards Affirm Gay Love","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":1316084,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"9 Sep 2009 20:29:01 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":5,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"746904","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":""TURN OR BURN" MILK TURNS SOUR! IGNORANT IDIOTS. RELIGION IS FOR THE WEAK MINDED. ASKING GAYS TO TURN STRAIGHT IS LIKE ASKING HETEROSEXUALS TO TURN GAY. GET OVER YOURSELF. BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN AND STOP JUDGING AND EXCLUDING. WWJD?"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_58116877","adminTags":null,"views":9330,"createdBy":12321654,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Church's Billboards Affirm Gay Love","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":1316084,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"9 Sep 2009 20:31:17 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":5,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"badfinger","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"746917","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Dear Alwayswatching,<br><br>It is ignorance and intolerance like yours that is keeping Americans from moving forward. I always thought that as we get older, we get smarter, but not in your case, apparently, and others who think like you and constantly wear blinders. I'd like to see the passage in the Bible where Jesus himself bashed gays. People like you obviously take the Bible literally. You are obviously not learning any lessons described. Jesus always taught to live thy enemy, but people like you can only spew hate. <br><br>Turn or burn? Your son is an idiot for saying that phrase and you are a bigger idiot for repeating it. By the way, all you have to do is believe and you're in, gay or straight. We are all God's children. If you believe for one minute that God chose a selective amount of people and made them gay just so they could go through all this BS here on Earth and threatened with eternal damnation if they don't turn straight, then you are not a very smart or logical person and should be tossed back to the stone age. And, no, I'm not gay in case you are wondering, just someone sick and tired of watching our country, a country of FREEDOM, turning into a country stagnant with ignorance and stupidity. Turn or burn. . . .can't help but chuckle and roll my eyes at that one. Sheesh."}],"error":"","totPages":33}