Sexual orientation is something that cannot be changed, and the Anglican community should support the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu said Saturday during a visit to [Jacksonville’s] University of North Florida.
Archbishop Tutu told about 100 students that consistency is important when speaking out against discrimination, whether based on race, gender or sexual orientation. Immediately after the forum, Tutu explained that he does not understand religious anger over New Hampshire’s gay bishop and expressed his frustration with opponents.
“I am deeply saddened at a time when we’ve got such huge problems … that we should invest so much time and energy in this issue,” he said. “I think God is crying.”
Tutu, 74, returned to UNF, where he taught for a semester in 2003, to receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree.
Bishop Tutu is stating the obvious. God decides who will be straight and who will be gay and, like many other things, He has not explained His logic to us. Ask any homosexual — “it’s not a choice, it’s a recognition of what’s been inside me since I was born.” Anyone who has a problem with gays (especially using ‘God’s Word’ as substiantiation) actually is having a problem with God’s decisions and it’s probably not okay to tell God that you know more than He does, although people do that all the time. God Bless Archbishop Tutu who has done so much to free so many.