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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1984
There is little, in the end, that morally-upright leaders (such as Presi
dent Reagan) or movements such as the "Moral Majority" can do to halt the
downward spiral. The forces of evil are just too strong.
Increasingly the peoples of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zea
land and even a growing segment inside a one-time straight-laced South
Africa, "declare their sin as Sodomi they do not hide it" (Isa. 3:9). Yes,
they openly declare their sins just as the Sodomites did--professing, in
fact, to have "come out of the closet." Such homosexuals call themselves
gays or lesbians--more positive and "progressive" terms they have chosen to
describe their respective orientations.
Reflecting their growing self-confidence, gays in Los Angeles and elsewhere
now call heterosexuals "non-gays"--making the latter seem the oddballs.
(That's like using the terms "abnormal" and "non-abnormal.") Tragically,
the "age of innocence" is long gone from the peoples in the Sodomitish na
tions of Joseph today. God says, "The look on their countenance witnesses
against them" (Isa. 3:9).
Despite President Reagan's earnest efforts to return the United States to
its Judeo-Christian heritage, the homosexual rights movement is gaining
strength, using the legislative and judicial processes to combat "discrim
ination." One wonders how fast the U.S. will slide once Mr. Reagan is not
on the scene any longer. Here, first, is an article which appeared in the
September 2, 1984 NEW YORK TIMES, entitled: "Intensified Effort Is Seen on
Banning Discrimination Against Homosexuals":
•••56 cities, counties or states...now have laws or executive
orders prohibiting at least some forms of discrimination against
homosexuals. Leaders of the rights movement count five legisla
tive victories so far this year, on top of four last year and five
in 1982.
Stressing the relative youth of the homosexual rights movement,
which is widely considered to have been born in 1969, Thomas B.
Stoddard, legislative director of the New York Civil Liberties
Union who is co-author of a book on the civil rights of homosex
uals, called the progress "nothing short of a miracle."
An important recent success was the United States Conference of
Mayors' approval of a resolution recommending that "all levels of
government adopt legal protections for the rights of� and les
bian Americans."
By passing that resolution in June, the mayors enabled homosexual
organizations to "raise the issue in city after city," Miss [Vir
ginia] Apuzzo of the National Gay Task Force said. "We have
raised the dialogue� now we will have the local organizations
bring it to the political representatives and their constit
uents." Mayor Arthur J. Holland of Trenton, one of the sponsors
of the measure, said: "Gays and lesbians are human beings, too.
Average gays and lesbians are so inclined by their nature and
just want what every other person wants."•.•
Conservative Christian organizations are often a strong voice
against the passage of measures that specifically mention sexual