In reply to Marie Hanson.

Marie, thanks for your important clarification. It's one thing to say: "I am shamed of this sin in my life. But I trust in Jesus for forgiveness and the strength to resist it." It's quite another thing to say: "People say this issue in my life is condemned as sin by God's Word. But I don't believe it. What they call sin I affirm as something good." I have many friends who struggle with same-sex desire and behavior, but they agree with God that this is sin, they trust in Christ for forgiveness, and they rely on God and fellow Christians to refrain from acting out their sinful desires. These people are repentant Christians and fully forgiven, just as I'm fully forgiven for all my many sins that I struggle with every day. But when people affirm their same-sex desires and behavior, they have turned their sin issue into a false god and are pushing away the forgiveness Christ would give them for that sin. So, the question is not can a person with same-sex desires be saved. We're ALL sinners who have various sin issues. The question is whether a person is repentant or not. It doesn't matter if our sin issue is same-sex desire/behavior or heterosexual lust/sex outside of marriage - if we refuse to repent of this sin and trust in Jesus for forgiveness, then we are NOT repentant Christians.