It has been said that he who frames the debate wins the argument. This is especially true in an age when many people do not take the time to thoroughly examine the great issues of the day and instead allow others to do their thinking for them.

Today persons who commit homosexual acts insist on being called gays and lesbians because such names have a neutral, positive sound just as the term alcoholic conveys a more positive, less accountable image than does drunkard.

The truth is, until recently, words such as gay or lesbian were never used to describe persons who perform homosexual acts. Instead, more descriptive, accurate nouns were used. For instance, sodomite has long been utilized to identify those who practice unnatural and physically dirty sexual acts which violate and abuse the body.

Of course, the word sodomite itself is derived from the term sodomy which describes an act of extreme sexual perversion performed with some necessary variation by both men and women sodomites. The name sodomy in turn originated from the name of an ancient town, Sodom, which was the center of a culture given over to homosexual activity and which was consequently destroyed by God. (See Genesis, Chapters 18-19.)

Another term long used to identify those who "change the natural use into that which is against nature" (See Romans 1:24-32.) is bugger. Under English common law, buggery was outlawed and punished, as it was in America in all fifty states until 1961 and in Wisconsin until 1983. Noah Webster, one of America's founding fathers and a renowned educator who wrote An American Dictionary of the English Language, defined bugger and buggery this way in his 1828 edition:

BUGGER: One guilty of the crime against nature. A vile wretch; a term of reproach.
BUGGERY: That unnatural and detestable crime of carnal intercourse of man or woman with a beast; or of human beings unnaturally with each other. Sodomy.

In a more moral age, homosexual acts were rightfully considered the close relative of bestiality. To this day the prohibition against public homosexual acts is grouped under Wisconsin State Statute 944.17 along with a ban on sex with animals.

The Bible, the "Laws of Nature's God" (See the Declaration of Independence.), uses many words to describe homosexual acts including filthy, lawless, and an abomination. That word abomination is used several different ways in the Bible; but when used to describe homosexual acts, the defined sense is that the act being described is so evil as to be considered sinister and repulsive (Hebrew: Toebah).

It is a measure of how far our civilization has fallen that sodomites and buggers are now respectfully referred to as "gays and lesbians" and rewarded with special legal protection rather than punished for their acts by the civil government.

It is precisely because our nation has abandoned true law and honest rhetoric that AIDS stalks our culture; and many impressionable young people, desensitized to the evil of homosexual acts, are being seduced to experiment with such behavior and then convinced that they are "gay" or "lesbian."

Where will it all end? Currently, many in the homosexual movement are working to lower or even eliminate the age of sexual consent for children. Certainly once they achieve that goal, we can expect to see a new positive name coined for child molester.

He who frames the issue wins the debate. Unfortunately for America's sodomite community, the debate is the only thing that they are winning. They are losing their health; they are losing their self-respect by publicly admitting to committing lewd, filthy acts; and most importantly, they are storing up wrath for themselves in the day of God's judgment (Jude 7).

The Good News
The good news is that God stands ready to rescue the sodomite from his sin. God is willing to wash, sanctify, and justify him "in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God" (I Corinthians 6:9-11). But before that can happen, the sodomite must experience godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10) for his sin and rebellion. He must repent for living in violation of God's law and give his life to Christ. He will then become a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Remember, there is no such thing as a "gay Christian" any more than there is such a thing as a "Christian murderer" (I Timothy 1:9-11).

Famous Bible Teachers Condemn Sodomite Sex
“...most unnatural and abominable wickedness...Sodomy...vile affections which are worse than brutish...which cannot be thought of without horror by those that have the least spark of virtue...other sins level men with the beasts, but these sink them lower.”
Rev. Matthew Henry in his Commentary on the Whole Bible

“...that which is strange, improper, and unfit...the unnatural filthiness of the Sodomites...”
Rev. Matthew Poole in his Commentary on the Holy Bible

“...dirty, filthy, immoral...”
Rev. J. Vernon McGee in his Thru the Bible Commentary

For the sake of Christ and everyone involved including the sodomite, is it not time moral citizens began to frame the debate over homosexuality? Those who practice acts such as sodomy are the moral equivalent to those who commit sexual acts with animals. There is nothing "gay" about the sin or the life of sodomites and buggers. Such individuals need to be prayed for, confronted, and restrained. They certainly do not benefit from being pampered, encouraged, acquiesced to nor does the rest of our culture, especially our children.

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