Sen. Rob Portman's about face on homosexuality

     I recently read this story on NPR's website, here is the link http://www.npr.org/2013/03/16/174454419/a-fathers-change-of-heart. I enjoy Scott Simon on Weekend Edition, but I don't always agree with his point of view. I think that is the crux of the matter in a nutshell. Scott has a secular world view and I have a Biblical worldview. The point of the article was here is a senator who in the past has held strong anti homosexual views, but since his son has come  out as gay, has now changed his mind and accepts this lifestyle.
     
     Sen. Portman even sponsored the DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) bill in 1996 against same sex marriage, citing his religious beliefs. Now that his son has come out, those beliefs are suddenly set aside. I have a real problem with setting aside strongly held Biblical beliefs just because a close family member chooses to sin intentionally. This nor any other action on the part of man nullifies the Word of God. It is not that I am not sympathetic to people who participate in this lifestyle, but when God condemns sin in the Bible, I nor anyone else has the right to say it suddenly is right because of who is doing it or who or what it effects.
   
     Several points I want to make, first is the inerrancy of Scripture. Either The Bible is perfect or Christianity as we know it is a fraud! God's Word has stood the test of time and all issues that have tried to prove it wrong. It is the inspired Word of God "2Ti 3:16  Everything in the Scriptures is God's Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live. ". Therefore if the Bible speaks against something and man says it is the opposite of what the Bible teaches, man is not only wrong, but blatantly defying God!

     Second, at no time are we justified or commanded in the Bible to bash homosexuals. We are to reach out to them with the Gospel just like any other lost person we may meet. We have the way of eternal life to offer to them, but we will not have that chance to communicate that to them if we alienate them with condemnation and harsh words. Remember hate the sin, but love the sinner. I think Ravi Zacharias gave the most well balanced and Biblical view on homosexuality here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIw6ngIqaD0.


     Third and final point, if we do stand on the firm foundation of the Word of God we will be like the example Jesus gave in Mat 7:24  "Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.
Mat 7:25  Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock. Mat 7:26  Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.
Mat 7:27  The rain poured down, the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash." We as Christians must stand on the Word of God, even when it is difficult, not popular or politically correct.