We know that God has always created, loved, & kept homosexuality on earth as part of His divine plan. Fallible, uneducated men are confused and manipulated into believing that being gay is a "sin", but of course it's not. That would God is an incompetent sadist who creates people as gay, then condemns them for it. So is the Lord is corrupt, or are homophobes in the wrong? Anyone who loves God knows that He is right, so His decision to create gays is the what we must accept. Why argue with Him?
I find it ridicolous to state John Corvino as ex-gay - He is fullblown gay, he is however unlike most gays, one that took philosophy, moral and ethics as an issue and made constructive arguments rather than wave flags and banners, while dancing naked in the streets. To me John Corvino has shown respect to himself and his fellow gay people, and that is no matter how you twist and turn it. Worthy of respect. That he can accomplish the same result, without celebrating himself.
I was pleasantly surprised. Coming from CBN, I expected it to be anti-gay in approach. However, most of it was very good, even the commentator's comments at the end. However, there was one thing the commentator said that raised my hackles: he was complaining about people losing their jobs for their political stance (how many of these examples there were he doesn't mention), but failed to mention all of the LGBT people who have lost their jobs, been thrown out of their homes, beaten or killed.
Our society is energized by negative actions/emotions toward those we disagree with to the point that we always put the other person down in order to simply win an argument or desagreement. It really is a detriment to society as a whole. Demonizing is not helpbul in any way but, rather completely destructive.
@sunflyer40 Wrong ! This world is a battleground for your soul. This life is not about soda & cup cakes, as much as I like them. Satan is REAL & Jesus Christ is also REAL. Satan wants to destroy you & take your soul to HELL ! ALL sinners will be punished for eternity.
Jesus is coming SOON ! The vast majority of mankind are headed for HELL.
@Romans1014Preach Our society means (this world system and its god) Is based on hatred because its god is based on hatred - hatred for your soul for your life for your peace and happiness. Revelation 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and ALL LIARS, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." ALL LIARS means everyone! You are correct!
Romans 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another;
1 John 3:8 He that commits sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
@Romans1014Preach - All human beings are born lost and on thier way to hell! If they die unregenerated they will spend eternity in hell! Born once - die twice! Born twice die once! Thats why I posted Rev. 21:8! - Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and some short of the glory of God." Every human being is a sinner and on thier way to hell. God is holy and one sin keeps you out of heaven! That's why Revelation 21:8 says "and all liars,".
@sunflyer40 You are wrong ! I am well aware why you mentioned Rev 21:8, but you forgot to mention Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
You must be "born again". John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
You must DIE to self & your LUSTS ! If you do not you will die & go straight to Hell.
This video is really strange. CBN's Gordon Robertson states we are "One Nation under God". Now what does he understand by that ?? It is a very nebulous statement. The other thing he avoids stating is that as a believer in Christ there is NO ROOM for debate. Jesus & the Plan of Salvation is a CLOSED Topic. These debates are pointless & if anything will lead even more away from the Truth. Homosexuality is a SIN ! End of story. We now have Politically Correct Christians everywhere. Lord help us.
@Romans1014Preach the bible was written by man, men are fallible, weak, and will say things to stay in power ad sway the minds of others. Do you realize that homosexuality has existed before the church? before the bible? before Christ? and then all of a sudden its declared a sin, because a few grisly old men feel threatened by what they understand. Christ never said, homosexuality is a sin, he never did, and the Bible has been translated and retranslated thousands of times, God loves us all.
@TheHolyman777 The Bible is not an easy Book to understand. Jesus did not specifically mention the word "homosexual". He also did not mention lots of other things. What he did mention however was, "sin no more". He also mentioned Sodom & Gomorrah many times so he did not TOTALLY ignore it. Also fornication is often used denoting ALL sexually immoral acts outside of marriage. You cannot justify Homosexuality. You are correct, Jesus does love mankind but he is also Holy & Righteous.
@Romans1014Preach You can be gay and righteous, you can be straight and righteous, reread the passage again my friend, it wasn't about being gay, it was about power. Analysts need to reinterpret that passage. If its so wrong, why didn't he wipe it out completely? God made them this way, I'm gay and Catholic and God has spoken to me in different ways and its only through him that I have found strength and courage to accept who I am, just as you have.
@TheHolyman777 You have no idea what RIGHTEOUS means. Deuteronomy 6:25 And it shall be our RIGHTEOUSNESS, IF we observe to do ALL these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath COMMANDED us. God is NOT contradictory. He will condemn ALL sinners to Hell. He MUST, as he is HOLY & JUST. No wicked can be in the presence of YHWH. You must repent. Repent means to CHANGE completely, or turn around. I was also Catholic. It means ZERO ! I was on my way to hell, until I was "born again" years ago.
@Romans1014Preach First and foremost, friend, you are not God, you do not judge, that is God's privilege alone. Second, hold your tongue before speaking ill of my faith. Third, you wouldn't understand righteousness if it broke your jaw with a Bible. You are being an over pius bible beater and a disgusting example of why the Christian faith is so down trodden, thank you so much for giving us a bad name.
@TheHolyman777 Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
I was a Catholic so I do KNOW !! The LORD opened my eyes to the TRUTH. He also told me that I was on my way to Hell. You call yourself a Christian, but according to God's Word you are not.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
You do not know what Judging means. Read Ezekiel 3:17-21.
@Romans1014Preach The Bible is a book of parables! Not a history book! God has spoken to me to my friend, which is why I decided to stay Catholic and accept my faults. I maybe gay and a Christian but I assure you my friend that God is not a narrow minded fool that you prtray him to be.
@TheHolyman777 You are deceived. You claim it was from Jesus, but I know it was not. 2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Jesus is HOLY. Revelation 21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.
@Romans1014Preach And you are misguided, It was written over a period spanning nearly 2000 years, we have evolved and changed since then. You can try and crush us Bible Beater, but we existed before Christ because God made us that way! It is not a choice and never was a choice, so quit lying to yourself and leave us be, better yet, come out of the closet yourself. Why else would you behave like this, you are afraid of what you dont understand
@TheHolyman777 Our world is ONLY a battleground for one's SOUL. You bash the Bible but you are wrong. Satan said to Eve in Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
That is what is being played out until this very day. Each person chooses whether the Bible & YHWH are true or not.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
@Romans1014Preach Like i said, you fear what you dont understand, you a re blindly quoting Bibke verses and I think you dont have a clue what you are preaching.
@TheHolyman777 You are very hard at hearing. You can only be free in Christ. All SIN is rebellion against YHWH !! The verses are not blind, but rather you are blind to the TRUTH.
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
@Romans1014Preach Im talking about you, you are blind! Faith alone will not save anyone, and I am certain that God loves both of us despite our stubbornness and blind judgement. The Bible is flawed like the men who wrote it, wake up, William!
John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
@Romans1014Preach The Bible isn't blind. You are blind. Like the Sadducees, you blindly search the scriptures and in them you *think* you have eternal life (John 5:39), but you do not have His word abiding in you. For you, the Bible is a weapon with which you batter other people. And your words hurt God's children. Becasue of people like you LGBTchildren are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide (8 times more likely if their families disapprove). Better for you that a millstone be tied ...
@Romans1014Preach You seem to be of the opinion that if you simply quote enough Bible verses it will prove you are correct. But proof-texting proves nothing. The Devil is the best quoter of Scripture there is; he even dared to quote Scripture to the Lord. The Bible can be used to justify anything. Hitler had his theologians. Every chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has its Bible-toting chaplain. Slaveowners used the Bible to justify human bondage. It was quoted to deny the vote to women. Etc., etc, etc
@TheStrong32 The Bible is a powerful weapon when RIGHTLY used.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, etc.
Without it one has very little. It is God's word whether you like it or not. The Devil turns the Truth into a LIE. He twists scripture. Read Genesis Chap 3. The Bible is very dangerous in certain peoples hands because anybody can twist it & get another meaning out of particular verses. The Devil is a master at deceiving & ALWAYS was.
while i agree with civil debate, sadly this isnt the case when dealing with the christian right.. with the flat out falsification of facts especially when you deal with people like the rabid phelps family..
I don't know who gave this video it's title .. Neither of these men is claiming to be ex gay. Not that there IS any such thing, there is certainly not an EX Gay on that stage,
At the end of the piece, a commenter mentions the fact that businesses and individuals who contributed to Prop 8, the repeal of gay marriage in CA, are targets for boycotts & protests; allegedly, some have even lost jobs. He says that in a free and open society, this should not happen. Yet I wonder, does he or CBN News support ENDA, the Employment Non-discrimination Act? Is it not wrong for gay people to lose their jobs and homes as well because this discrimination against them is still legal?
Of course this comes from CBN, they have the most to gain from calling a truce on incivility in the public square since they have been a catalyst of so much incivility for the last couple decades. Having Gordon Robertson call for a truce in California (post Prop 8 I assume) is particulary insincere.
Look at us becoming more and more like those things made of flimsy plastic and glass, merely because there are two plugs doesn't mean the machine they create is any less effecient. People need to realise what they are doing to this world. Get over it you so called 'Followers of Christ' we get it you're so mad that you can't drop the memory of being slaughtered in the colleseums. I think it's time to drop it. By the way you're following the people who slaughtered your kind.
I dont think i could be friend of someone that thinks have more rights than me but i totally understand someone not agreeing with my life style, the color of my skin, im not attract to japanese and that doesnt make me racist, what make me racist is if i try to stop people to rave relationship or attraction to asians! If you dont like me or my life, is that right but trying to stop me to have my human rights then you looking for a fight and bringing god to the conversation is just silly!
@blinksy12 oh really,,,so noone can abstain fr sex? im a hetero and I can stop having sex,,,,matter of fact I CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN UNTIL MARRIAGE OR MAYBE FOREVER,,,its MY choice,,,gay men can choose not to have sex too,,,,dont tell me the urge of a man to have gay sex is so powerful that it cant be stopped,,,BULLSHIT,,,youve been told that gay people cant stop so you believe it,,THEYRE NOT DRUG ADDICTS FOR GodS SAKE.
@candiceevans1 I never said that they could not abstain from sex..in fact I didnt even mention sex. The fact is if you are in a LOVING relationship with the same sex regardless of having sex or not you can not just forget that you are attracted to that sex. It is most people who claim homosexuality is all about sex..well take the sex away and you have a relationship. So just stop making a fool of yourself and I am a Lesbian..and don't really give a damn what you think. so have a nice day 8)
He has no business being an "apologist" for gay's. He needs to speak for himself...he does not speak for me. And as well you can't be an ex-gay if you were NEVER GAY to begin with. So like Richard Cohen....he's just making money off the gay issue. Nothing more.
Hell! When I was a young man in the 50's, we didn't know what homosexuality was either. We heard about "fairies" but that didn't tell us about anything beyond their effeminacy.
It was only in the 60's, when "normal" men learned that gay guys looked and acted the same as their own friends and family did, that panic struck and urinal dividers became the norm in the US.
And the churches really had it good, sowing the fear and reaping the cash. Why would they want to give that all up?
"one nation, under god" has NOT always been our slogan....as the gentleman says at the end of this video. it is just a phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance, which was altered in 1954 to include the words "under god" that were not a part of the original composition written in 1892 (more than 100 years after The United States had already become an independent and sovereign nation.
otherwise this is a terrific, fair and balanced news story.
This is bullshit. I am not going to be friends with someone who wants to deny me rights. It's okay if he thinks it's wrong for him, but once he advocates to take away my rights, I am not going to be civil. Next, I will be ask to be civil to a racist because you know, no one said you shouldn't be friends with a white supremacist.
The host is concerned about folks losing their jobs for donating to prop 8, but does he share the same concern for the gays across the country losing jobs for being gay?
Aside from the content of the reportage, what I notice is the source.This truly fair and balanced news story- which shows two reasonable and rational people discussing a controversial issue- comes from the CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network)
Would the mainstream medie (NBC, CNN, etc) ever present this topic without obvious sympathies leaning toward Corvino? I think not. Also CBN did not insult me by pushing what is mostly likely their bias.
Ex-gay implies you can also be "ex-straight ", you still want to be with women but you "force" yourself to be with men... Doesn't make much sense,now, does it?
@SeattleRexx EX-GAY JUST MEANS YOUR NOT ACTING ON THE URGES,,,JUST LIKE A MARRIED MAN DOESNT ACT ON URGES TO SLEEP W HIS SECRETARY IF HES A CHRISTIAN...SAME THING,,,GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT POWERLESS
@badboymod And what merely keeping a woman around to suck you off whenever you want is? I'm sorry but you need a little more than immoral standings in this kind of an argument.
I think John Corvino is going to get what he wants before the other guy does...
The gay rights movement is this generation's great Civil Rights issue. Just as you would look at your parents with horror if you found out they were segregationists, our children will look at us with horror if they find out that we were against equal rights for EVERYONE.
Somebody answer this for me. What is the threat in a person who happens to be "anti-gay"? I mean it is well established that being gay isn't a threat to anybody at all. I mean what two people do in the privacy of their bedroom...where is the harm? So where is the harm in being anti-gay? An anti-gay is just a bigot with an opinion right?
There's nothing wrong with being against homosexuality. The threat comes, as with most views and beliefs, when people try to force it on others. Preaching that homosexuality is wrong, debased and sinful is hurtful and damaging - Homosexuals often have a hard enough time as it is, without somebody fanning the flames.
i just noticed something look at the end of the video corvino the gay guy is setting in a masculine pose and the straight guy is setting in a feminin pose. just worth noting
@balvarez01 I was just going to comment on that when I saw your comment. I've seen them debate and it was interesting although (and I may be biased) I find Corvino to be superb at debate and Stanton rather mediocre.
Maybe that's more to do with your views, though? I mean, I'm strongly against everything Stanton claims in his arguments, he was never going to change my mind and so I don't enjoy listening to the guy, but I can see how he'd be powerful and convincing to somebody who was more on the fence about the whole thing.
Heteronormative assumptions are what killed debate in this country in the first place. The religious use of scapegoating is more important to straights either directly or indirectly as "doubts" about full LGBT membership in the polity. Straights don't want an accurate survey of society to reflect it's emergence of they must give up something, even if that "something" is a damaged body politic. Breeders are finally afraid of human liberty, go figure. Americans always were childish.
I don't mind being called an apologist--it's an accurate label if "apologist" is taken in its traditional sense--but I would appreciate not being called "ex-gay." It's patently false, and anyone who knows my work would know I've been critical of the ex-gay movement.
Every major psychological association has condemmed "treatment" for homosexuality. Cohen's methods have even been condemmed by right-wing like NARTH. It's one of the hallmarks of pseudoscience like conversion therapy that proponents can't agree an major issues and make no attempt to adjust those disagreements with peer-review.
Define naturally. Should infertile heterosexual couples be treated in a similar fashion?
The world religions are wrong about one thing or another. Take slavery or human sacrifice for instance. Every holy book has its own moral blindspots (to be polite), that's why we shouldn't pass laws based on them.
Is there some rulebook that says all gay people (including lesbians) must have anal sex? And I can tell you the vagina isn't exactly a field of flowers a lot of the time either.
I'm right there with you, brother/sister (It doesn't matter)
I was pissed in my last posting. I actually haven't done anal...yet. I'm so tempted though. But I don't want to take sex too casually. Can you refer me to an organization to help young homos like myself remain chase until another virgin homosexual who loves God comes into my life, so we can start fresh and raise our family with solid morals? I see heteros who take virginity seriously and I just say, "Why can't we." You know?
I can't think of any off the top of my head. P-FLAG probably has a lot of connections with religious groups, though. You may want to check out their website or give them a ring.
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We know that God has always created, loved, & kept homosexuality on earth as part of His divine plan. Fallible, uneducated men are confused and manipulated into believing that being gay is a "sin", but of course it's not. That would God is an incompetent sadist who creates people as gay, then condemns them for it. So is the Lord is corrupt, or are homophobes in the wrong? Anyone who loves God knows that He is right, so His decision to create gays is the what we must accept. Why argue with Him?
GodCreatesGays2 2 weeks ago
I know John Corvino, and he's openly and happily gay.
pendorran 2 weeks ago
THE VIDEO TITLE NEED TO BE CHANGED. JOHN CORVINO IS GAY! NOT EX-GAY. HE IS A PHILOSOPHER AND ALSO A VERY OUTSPOKEN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
PeaceOfTruth 2 weeks ago 2
Corvino isn't ex-gay...just saying.
christopherse2 2 weeks ago
I wouldn't be able to hang with the "ex-gay" dude. Why? He's full of crap.
suvariboy 1 month ago 3
"ex-gay" doesn't exist, it's just them being in crippling amounts of trauma-induced denial and misery
Stevie2Sxc 6 months ago
Wait, which one is "not" gay?
josenavarrojr 6 months ago 4
Wow one frame per second
AsakuraFoxcat 6 months ago
Proud to be gay :D
Coming up on my 1 year anniversary with my partner
MrC0MPUT3R 6 months ago
seriously i believe they sleep together
mengyl 7 months ago
@mengyl THATS BC YOURE IMMORAL AND YOU CANT IMAGINE ANYONE BEING MORAL
candiceevans1 6 months ago
I find it ridicolous to state John Corvino as ex-gay - He is fullblown gay, he is however unlike most gays, one that took philosophy, moral and ethics as an issue and made constructive arguments rather than wave flags and banners, while dancing naked in the streets. To me John Corvino has shown respect to himself and his fellow gay people, and that is no matter how you twist and turn it. Worthy of respect. That he can accomplish the same result, without celebrating himself.
Dalladon 7 months ago
@SuperDjhart
This is all sensationalism, and they're not friends, more like business partners.
Queeritual 7 months ago
Did anyone think the guy with the glasses was the homosexuals before they told us it was the other dude?
Kilby6969 8 months ago
this vid is mislabeled, he's not ex-gay, he IS gay.
HKTeeVee 8 months ago
I was pleasantly surprised. Coming from CBN, I expected it to be anti-gay in approach. However, most of it was very good, even the commentator's comments at the end. However, there was one thing the commentator said that raised my hackles: he was complaining about people losing their jobs for their political stance (how many of these examples there were he doesn't mention), but failed to mention all of the LGBT people who have lost their jobs, been thrown out of their homes, beaten or killed.
TheStrong32 8 months ago
glenn Stanton needs to spend a couple yrs in prison to change his mind...he'll find out who his daddy is
xadam2dudex 8 months ago
Our society is energized by negative actions/emotions toward those we disagree with to the point that we always put the other person down in order to simply win an argument or desagreement. It really is a detriment to society as a whole. Demonizing is not helpbul in any way but, rather completely destructive.
sunflyer40 8 months ago
@sunflyer40 Wrong ! This world is a battleground for your soul. This life is not about soda & cup cakes, as much as I like them. Satan is REAL & Jesus Christ is also REAL. Satan wants to destroy you & take your soul to HELL ! ALL sinners will be punished for eternity.
Jesus is coming SOON ! The vast majority of mankind are headed for HELL.
Romans1014Preach 8 months ago
@Romans1014Preach Our society means (this world system and its god) Is based on hatred because its god is based on hatred - hatred for your soul for your life for your peace and happiness. Revelation 21:8 "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and ALL LIARS, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." ALL LIARS means everyone! You are correct!
sunflyer40 8 months ago
@sunflyer40 ALL Gays are on their way to Hell !!
Romans 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another;
1 John 3:8 He that commits sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Romans1014Preach 8 months ago
@Romans1014Preach - All human beings are born lost and on thier way to hell! If they die unregenerated they will spend eternity in hell! Born once - die twice! Born twice die once! Thats why I posted Rev. 21:8! - Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and some short of the glory of God." Every human being is a sinner and on thier way to hell. God is holy and one sin keeps you out of heaven! That's why Revelation 21:8 says "and all liars,".
sunflyer40 7 months ago
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@sunflyer40 You are wrong ! I am well aware why you mentioned Rev 21:8, but you forgot to mention Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
You must be "born again". John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
You must DIE to self & your LUSTS ! If you do not you will die & go straight to Hell.
All who practice sin are of the Devil !
Romans1014Preach 7 months ago
This video is really strange. CBN's Gordon Robertson states we are "One Nation under God". Now what does he understand by that ?? It is a very nebulous statement. The other thing he avoids stating is that as a believer in Christ there is NO ROOM for debate. Jesus & the Plan of Salvation is a CLOSED Topic. These debates are pointless & if anything will lead even more away from the Truth. Homosexuality is a SIN ! End of story. We now have Politically Correct Christians everywhere. Lord help us.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach you are putting limits on God my friend
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 Please explain.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach the bible was written by man, men are fallible, weak, and will say things to stay in power ad sway the minds of others. Do you realize that homosexuality has existed before the church? before the bible? before Christ? and then all of a sudden its declared a sin, because a few grisly old men feel threatened by what they understand. Christ never said, homosexuality is a sin, he never did, and the Bible has been translated and retranslated thousands of times, God loves us all.
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 The Bible is not an easy Book to understand. Jesus did not specifically mention the word "homosexual". He also did not mention lots of other things. What he did mention however was, "sin no more". He also mentioned Sodom & Gomorrah many times so he did not TOTALLY ignore it. Also fornication is often used denoting ALL sexually immoral acts outside of marriage. You cannot justify Homosexuality. You are correct, Jesus does love mankind but he is also Holy & Righteous.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach You can be gay and righteous, you can be straight and righteous, reread the passage again my friend, it wasn't about being gay, it was about power. Analysts need to reinterpret that passage. If its so wrong, why didn't he wipe it out completely? God made them this way, I'm gay and Catholic and God has spoken to me in different ways and its only through him that I have found strength and courage to accept who I am, just as you have.
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 You have no idea what RIGHTEOUS means. Deuteronomy 6:25 And it shall be our RIGHTEOUSNESS, IF we observe to do ALL these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath COMMANDED us. God is NOT contradictory. He will condemn ALL sinners to Hell. He MUST, as he is HOLY & JUST. No wicked can be in the presence of YHWH. You must repent. Repent means to CHANGE completely, or turn around. I was also Catholic. It means ZERO ! I was on my way to hell, until I was "born again" years ago.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach First and foremost, friend, you are not God, you do not judge, that is God's privilege alone. Second, hold your tongue before speaking ill of my faith. Third, you wouldn't understand righteousness if it broke your jaw with a Bible. You are being an over pius bible beater and a disgusting example of why the Christian faith is so down trodden, thank you so much for giving us a bad name.
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 Matthew 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
I was a Catholic so I do KNOW !! The LORD opened my eyes to the TRUTH. He also told me that I was on my way to Hell. You call yourself a Christian, but according to God's Word you are not.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
You do not know what Judging means. Read Ezekiel 3:17-21.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach The Bible is a book of parables! Not a history book! God has spoken to me to my friend, which is why I decided to stay Catholic and accept my faults. I maybe gay and a Christian but I assure you my friend that God is not a narrow minded fool that you prtray him to be.
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 You are deceived. You claim it was from Jesus, but I know it was not. 2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Jesus is HOLY. Revelation 21:8 But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach And you are misguided, It was written over a period spanning nearly 2000 years, we have evolved and changed since then. You can try and crush us Bible Beater, but we existed before Christ because God made us that way! It is not a choice and never was a choice, so quit lying to yourself and leave us be, better yet, come out of the closet yourself. Why else would you behave like this, you are afraid of what you dont understand
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 Our world is ONLY a battleground for one's SOUL. You bash the Bible but you are wrong. Satan said to Eve in Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
That is what is being played out until this very day. Each person chooses whether the Bible & YHWH are true or not.
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
I do not fear as Jesus has set me FREE !
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach Like i said, you fear what you dont understand, you a re blindly quoting Bibke verses and I think you dont have a clue what you are preaching.
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 You are very hard at hearing. You can only be free in Christ. All SIN is rebellion against YHWH !! The verses are not blind, but rather you are blind to the TRUTH.
1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach Im talking about you, you are blind! Faith alone will not save anyone, and I am certain that God loves both of us despite our stubbornness and blind judgement. The Bible is flawed like the men who wrote it, wake up, William!
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@TheHolyman777 I was spiritually blind.
John 9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
John 9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remains.
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Romans1014Preach 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach I'll pray for you my friend, thats the honest truth.
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
@Romans1014Preach The Bible isn't blind. You are blind. Like the Sadducees, you blindly search the scriptures and in them you *think* you have eternal life (John 5:39), but you do not have His word abiding in you. For you, the Bible is a weapon with which you batter other people. And your words hurt God's children. Becasue of people like you LGBTchildren are 4 times more likely to attempt suicide (8 times more likely if their families disapprove). Better for you that a millstone be tied ...
TheStrong32 8 months ago
@Romans1014Preach You seem to be of the opinion that if you simply quote enough Bible verses it will prove you are correct. But proof-texting proves nothing. The Devil is the best quoter of Scripture there is; he even dared to quote Scripture to the Lord. The Bible can be used to justify anything. Hitler had his theologians. Every chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has its Bible-toting chaplain. Slaveowners used the Bible to justify human bondage. It was quoted to deny the vote to women. Etc., etc, etc
TheStrong32 8 months ago
@TheStrong32 The Bible is a powerful weapon when RIGHTLY used.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, etc.
Without it one has very little. It is God's word whether you like it or not. The Devil turns the Truth into a LIE. He twists scripture. Read Genesis Chap 3. The Bible is very dangerous in certain peoples hands because anybody can twist it & get another meaning out of particular verses. The Devil is a master at deceiving & ALWAYS was.
Romans1014Preach 8 months ago
@Romans1014Preach Amen. I agree completely.
TheStrong32 8 months ago
@Romans1014Preach think they understand, excuse me
TheHolyman777 9 months ago
these 2 are gay
mensupportcenternepa 9 months ago
while i agree with civil debate, sadly this isnt the case when dealing with the christian right.. with the flat out falsification of facts especially when you deal with people like the rabid phelps family..
scorand 9 months ago
If John Corvino "lives with his partner of 7 years" who's the ex-gay ?
murakisredmoon 9 months ago
CBN is full of shit.
AspiringPotato 9 months ago
I don't know who gave this video it's title .. Neither of these men is claiming to be ex gay. Not that there IS any such thing, there is certainly not an EX Gay on that stage,
LifterwiII 10 months ago
So when are they going to make out?
shep72685 10 months ago
First of all .. there is no such thing as an "ex gay" or "former gay" .. These Fundies will swallow anything. Unreal.
LifterwiII 10 months ago
If one's anti-gay and the other is ex-gay then why are those guys totally hooking up?
lordyfordy 10 months ago
At the end of the piece, a commenter mentions the fact that businesses and individuals who contributed to Prop 8, the repeal of gay marriage in CA, are targets for boycotts & protests; allegedly, some have even lost jobs. He says that in a free and open society, this should not happen. Yet I wonder, does he or CBN News support ENDA, the Employment Non-discrimination Act? Is it not wrong for gay people to lose their jobs and homes as well because this discrimination against them is still legal?
OhMyRodney 10 months ago
I can't wait until they start debating at churches.
tugboat2030 10 months ago
@tugboat2030 Amen.
OhMyRodney 10 months ago
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"One nation under god" WTF!
LeaVeliz 11 months ago
Amazing, if only people can emulate like these two...
jcvideo321 11 months ago
One look at Stanton and my gaydar said he is gay!
jeanthomasdelvaux 11 months ago
Of course this comes from CBN, they have the most to gain from calling a truce on incivility in the public square since they have been a catalyst of so much incivility for the last couple decades. Having Gordon Robertson call for a truce in California (post Prop 8 I assume) is particulary insincere.
edgwaterprog 11 months ago
Look at us becoming more and more like those things made of flimsy plastic and glass, merely because there are two plugs doesn't mean the machine they create is any less effecient. People need to realise what they are doing to this world. Get over it you so called 'Followers of Christ' we get it you're so mad that you can't drop the memory of being slaughtered in the colleseums. I think it's time to drop it. By the way you're following the people who slaughtered your kind.
downwithbreeders1 11 months ago
I don't know what this guy is smoking, but Corvino is NOT an apologist.
factsequalfuel 1 year ago
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We homosexuals must be hanged!
PreppyPoser1 1 year ago
5:18 i want to have a family like that when the time is right, such a beautiful picture
molimhvalaizvoli 1 year ago
I want to speak for gays, we're all a bunch of perverts that should be hanged and treated like shit.
PreppyPoser1 1 year ago
@PreppyPoser1 speak for yourself.....you preppy limp risted pussy
keiferd11 1 year ago
@keiferd11 What does risted mean?
LifterWill 11 months ago
@LifterWill ....forgot the "w"....wristed.
keiferd11 11 months ago
@keiferd11 It's okay .. I was trying to be funny :-) Knew what you meant.
LifterWill 11 months ago
I dont think i could be friend of someone that thinks have more rights than me but i totally understand someone not agreeing with my life style, the color of my skin, im not attract to japanese and that doesnt make me racist, what make me racist is if i try to stop people to rave relationship or attraction to asians! If you dont like me or my life, is that right but trying to stop me to have my human rights then you looking for a fight and bringing god to the conversation is just silly!
stevevideos2010 1 year ago
There is no such thing as an "ex-gay" its called DENIAL.
blinksy12 1 year ago 29
@blinksy12 YEP, you are so right! :)
victor19955 6 months ago
@blinksy12 oh really,,,so noone can abstain fr sex? im a hetero and I can stop having sex,,,,matter of fact I CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN UNTIL MARRIAGE OR MAYBE FOREVER,,,its MY choice,,,gay men can choose not to have sex too,,,,dont tell me the urge of a man to have gay sex is so powerful that it cant be stopped,,,BULLSHIT,,,youve been told that gay people cant stop so you believe it,,THEYRE NOT DRUG ADDICTS FOR GodS SAKE.
candiceevans1 6 months ago
@candiceevans1 I never said that they could not abstain from sex..in fact I didnt even mention sex. The fact is if you are in a LOVING relationship with the same sex regardless of having sex or not you can not just forget that you are attracted to that sex. It is most people who claim homosexuality is all about sex..well take the sex away and you have a relationship. So just stop making a fool of yourself and I am a Lesbian..and don't really give a damn what you think. so have a nice day 8)
blinksy12 6 months ago
He has no business being an "apologist" for gay's. He needs to speak for himself...he does not speak for me. And as well you can't be an ex-gay if you were NEVER GAY to begin with. So like Richard Cohen....he's just making money off the gay issue. Nothing more.
keiferd11 1 year ago
Hmmm...yeah..lol...they take it on the road together!!!
keiferd11 1 year ago
The reason they are such a ideal couple is they are BOTH GAY.
CybershulDotCom 1 year ago
Do you people not know that Christians in the early days had no clue what homosexuality was?
DaBroskiBro 1 year ago
@DaBroskiBro
Hell! When I was a young man in the 50's, we didn't know what homosexuality was either. We heard about "fairies" but that didn't tell us about anything beyond their effeminacy.
It was only in the 60's, when "normal" men learned that gay guys looked and acted the same as their own friends and family did, that panic struck and urinal dividers became the norm in the US.
And the churches really had it good, sowing the fear and reaping the cash. Why would they want to give that all up?
EvenGodsSuffer 1 year ago
have they hooked up yet?
GeoTrans89 1 year ago
I don't understand, why be friends with someone who doesn't respect you?
MsDommiekins 1 year ago
The ex-gay is just pissed that he can not get a nice man ... the anti-gay is just scared to think like a gay man would....
NateNStuff 1 year ago
It sounds like they are dating the way they describe it ... geesh
dylanskriloff 1 year ago
Focus on the Family can go to hell. Dr. Dobson with his book completely fucked up my childhood.
Clikkoman 1 year ago 3
@Clikkoman How did he do that?
ignati123 1 year ago
I love how that straight guys wants the gay guy to join him in his suburban hell, LOL!
TomsFriendKake 1 year ago 2
The gay marriage and adoption theme is certainly a crucial issue in our war torn world where a billion people is starving.
suddenlyitsobvious 1 year ago
"one nation, under god" has NOT always been our slogan....as the gentleman says at the end of this video. it is just a phrase in the Pledge of Allegiance, which was altered in 1954 to include the words "under god" that were not a part of the original composition written in 1892 (more than 100 years after The United States had already become an independent and sovereign nation.
otherwise this is a terrific, fair and balanced news story.
tdog51501 1 year ago 2
This is bullshit. I am not going to be friends with someone who wants to deny me rights. It's okay if he thinks it's wrong for him, but once he advocates to take away my rights, I am not going to be civil. Next, I will be ask to be civil to a racist because you know, no one said you shouldn't be friends with a white supremacist.
wecaan 1 year ago
The host is concerned about folks losing their jobs for donating to prop 8, but does he share the same concern for the gays across the country losing jobs for being gay?
Blairtim69 1 year ago 3
At least the gay one isn't over-populating the planet like the anti-gay one.
separatesix 1 year ago 3
Aside from the content of the reportage, what I notice is the source.This truly fair and balanced news story- which shows two reasonable and rational people discussing a controversial issue- comes from the CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network)
Would the mainstream medie (NBC, CNN, etc) ever present this topic without obvious sympathies leaning toward Corvino? I think not. Also CBN did not insult me by pushing what is mostly likely their bias.
More importantly, what music do they like?
computopp 1 year ago
Ex-gay implies you can also be "ex-straight ", you still want to be with women but you "force" yourself to be with men... Doesn't make much sense,now, does it?
SeattleRexx 1 year ago 21
@SeattleRexx Exactly!
OhMyRodney 10 months ago
@SeattleRexx EX-GAY JUST MEANS YOUR NOT ACTING ON THE URGES,,,JUST LIKE A MARRIED MAN DOESNT ACT ON URGES TO SLEEP W HIS SECRETARY IF HES A CHRISTIAN...SAME THING,,,GAY PEOPLE ARE NOT POWERLESS
candiceevans1 6 months ago
@SeattleRexx Yeah it does, its called fucking being a sociopath who gets off on inflicting unwarranted injusries on himself.
Sileni 4 months ago
This is one of the BEST vids I've seen here about the situation of debate on homosexual "marriage"
foreerknight99 1 year ago
interracial relationship FTW!!!! WOOT!!!!
kosmonaut5 1 year ago
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homosexuality is immoral
badboymod 1 year ago
@badboymod thumbs up for you
dontmakemeMAD1990 1 year ago
@badboymod Backward redneck!
separatesix 1 year ago
@badboymod And what merely keeping a woman around to suck you off whenever you want is? I'm sorry but you need a little more than immoral standings in this kind of an argument.
downwithbreeders1 11 months ago
I think John Corvino is going to get what he wants before the other guy does...
The gay rights movement is this generation's great Civil Rights issue. Just as you would look at your parents with horror if you found out they were segregationists, our children will look at us with horror if they find out that we were against equal rights for EVERYONE.
avilameon 1 year ago 4
EX-Gay? Change the title to Anti-Gay and Pro-Gay debaters.
lalalongg 1 year ago 2
How is John Corvino an ex-gay?? Also, I love him.
ohm4 1 year ago
Somebody answer this for me. What is the threat in a person who happens to be "anti-gay"? I mean it is well established that being gay isn't a threat to anybody at all. I mean what two people do in the privacy of their bedroom...where is the harm? So where is the harm in being anti-gay? An anti-gay is just a bigot with an opinion right?
belugafishgod 1 year ago
@belugafishgod
There's nothing wrong with being against homosexuality. The threat comes, as with most views and beliefs, when people try to force it on others. Preaching that homosexuality is wrong, debased and sinful is hurtful and damaging - Homosexuals often have a hard enough time as it is, without somebody fanning the flames.
TheThing88 1 year ago
lmao, 5 kids in the suburbs..
andreateddybear 1 year ago
i just noticed something look at the end of the video corvino the gay guy is setting in a masculine pose and the straight guy is setting in a feminin pose. just worth noting
bluemew88888 1 year ago
I'd rather have two moms
Paulwhoisvegan 1 year ago
Who's the "ex-gay" suppose to be? Corvino is an open homosexual.
balvarez01 1 year ago
@balvarez01 I was just going to comment on that when I saw your comment. I've seen them debate and it was interesting although (and I may be biased) I find Corvino to be superb at debate and Stanton rather mediocre.
2010Scottie 1 year ago
@2010Scottie
Maybe that's more to do with your views, though? I mean, I'm strongly against everything Stanton claims in his arguments, he was never going to change my mind and so I don't enjoy listening to the guy, but I can see how he'd be powerful and convincing to somebody who was more on the fence about the whole thing.
TheThing88 1 year ago
This video inspired me to try and not get angry when debating with heterosexists :).
Jamieishere1 2 years ago
That was good to see. Hopefully it will remind me to be polite to homophobes.
Jamieishere1 2 years ago
Fascinating!
vegas787 2 years ago
Heteronormative assumptions are what killed debate in this country in the first place. The religious use of scapegoating is more important to straights either directly or indirectly as "doubts" about full LGBT membership in the polity. Straights don't want an accurate survey of society to reflect it's emergence of they must give up something, even if that "something" is a damaged body politic. Breeders are finally afraid of human liberty, go figure. Americans always were childish.
kern0099 2 years ago
People who hate gays are no better than racists.. no morals.
DoomNoMore 2 years ago 87
@DoomNoMore good point
narutolover7777 1 year ago
I don't mind being called an apologist--it's an accurate label if "apologist" is taken in its traditional sense--but I would appreciate not being called "ex-gay." It's patently false, and anyone who knows my work would know I've been critical of the ex-gay movement.
johncorvino 2 years ago 53
I don't care what Richard Cohen or Exodus can do to gays.
I don't care about the Homo/Hypno Roper Study of 1967, back when gays were successfully receiving treatment.
I don't care that I will never bare offspring naturally.
I don't care that not one world religion, anywhere, ever was enlightened enough to accept gays.
I don't care that I will always be entering an exit for human excrement for the rest of my life.
I am gay.
fdzwes 2 years ago 3
Addressing each point:
Every major psychological association has condemmed "treatment" for homosexuality. Cohen's methods have even been condemmed by right-wing like NARTH. It's one of the hallmarks of pseudoscience like conversion therapy that proponents can't agree an major issues and make no attempt to adjust those disagreements with peer-review.
Define naturally. Should infertile heterosexual couples be treated in a similar fashion?
kissfan7 2 years ago 2
The world religions are wrong about one thing or another. Take slavery or human sacrifice for instance. Every holy book has its own moral blindspots (to be polite), that's why we shouldn't pass laws based on them.
Is there some rulebook that says all gay people (including lesbians) must have anal sex? And I can tell you the vagina isn't exactly a field of flowers a lot of the time either.
kissfan7 2 years ago
I'm right there with you, brother/sister (It doesn't matter)
I was pissed in my last posting. I actually haven't done anal...yet. I'm so tempted though. But I don't want to take sex too casually. Can you refer me to an organization to help young homos like myself remain chase until another virgin homosexual who loves God comes into my life, so we can start fresh and raise our family with solid morals? I see heteros who take virginity seriously and I just say, "Why can't we." You know?
fdzwes 2 years ago
I can't think of any off the top of my head. P-FLAG probably has a lot of connections with religious groups, though. You may want to check out their website or give them a ring.
kissfan7 2 years ago
Glen,
Imagine a law being passed where you were just denied the right to marry your wife. Nothing for you or your family.
Then tell me how civil you wanna be.
Asshole.
PrinceOfBabylon 2 years ago
Why do the title and sidebar refer to Corvino as an ex-gay and gay apologist?
onethousandsteps 2 years ago
I ought to overdub this video with the courtship of eddie's father theme.
ng1260 2 years ago
lol, love that show
Clemburke1111 2 years ago
Glen is a bigot.
jerrydoubleu 2 years ago
No He Is Not Gay Is Not A Race Ok It Is A Choice
RichGrant08 2 years ago
ok Rich, I get that you have chosen not to induldge in your gay desires, and that's ok by me. Good luck with that.
jerrydoubleu 2 years ago