Yeah, she and some of her Christian friends are caught in this idea that “all sins are equal.” So if I had sex before marriage that was no worse than practicing homosexuality. More conservative Christians I know reject that idea completely. Definitely a bit of a dividing wedge in Christian thought.
Good points.
In a sense, all sins have the same definition: Failure to conform to God’s Will. But some sins have far more damaging effects on individuals and on a society.
This is acknowledged in traditional Judaism with the Seven Laws of the Children of Noah. Murder, idolatry, theft, blasphemy, improper sexuality (including homosexuality), and cruelty to animals are critically damaging to society, not just personal sins. And societies are expected to have fair courts where the prohibitions are enforced.
OK, let’s go along with the premise that stealing a candy bar is the same as a rape and murder.
Now, I know that you don’t ascribe to that, and neither do I.
However, the Bible teaches that, while you can be forgiven for your sins when you repent of them, to continue sinning without sorrow means you have never repented and, therefore, you were never forgiven.
Things like “gay pride” are the very expression of an unrepentant attitude towards sin.
A LGBTQ that forsakes their sin, asks God’s forgiveness, and feels REMORSE if they should ever fall into that sin again, has truly been forgiven.
But those that call themselves “Christian” and continue not only to shamelessly practice this sin, but even boast about it, and express “pride” in it, cannot in that state be forgiven for it. Therefore, the best expression of love for thse people is to WARN them of the dangers of eternity in Hell if they don’t repent.
That sentence applies equally to thieves, adulterers, murderers, liars, and blasphemers.
That’s the New Testament.
Read Romans chapter 1.