Pulpit Language

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On Sat, 7 Sep 1996 14:51:47 -0400, you wrote:

>In a message dated 96-09-07 04:34:30 EDT, mbasset@iconn.net (Mark Bassett)
>writes:
>
><< Now, HOMOSEXUAL is a word which etymologically derives from a very
> recent effort to STRIP the profane amplification from the concept.
> Beware the world's desire to parade sin before the church and ask for
> its approval, or even the redefinition of the sin with reason of
> "compassion" or even "effective witnessing". >>
>
>Sorry, my friend, but once again, you are 110% wrong on this issue.
> Homosexual is not a word the homosexuals THEMSELVES like. 

No Brother, I am not 110% wrong. I will restate that the term was
adapted rather recently in history as a clinical term, and was
commonly in use when the mental health profession dealt with the
behavior AMORALLY, as a mental illness, or sociologically aberant
behavior.

Sociologically, and from the earler society which DID impart moral
quality with the wording, the term SODOMITE predates HOMOSEXUAL.

-mwb