ALL WAS GONE OVER IN THE PLAINEST LANGUAGE, WITH NO BOWDLERISING OR PUSSY-FOOTING NICETIES. HE SAID HE WAS ASTONISHED."

F. B., CALIFORNIA

I'VE RECEIVED THE ISSUE OF JULY, AND I'VE READ WITH INTEREST IN 'DOB CONVENTION' THE RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW OF THE REV. EASTBURN.

"RECENTLY ORDAINED MINISTER, I THINK I'M ABLE TO GIVE A DIFFERENT OPINION. I'VE NOT AS LONG TIMES IN THE MINISTRY AS THE REV. EASTBURN, BUT PERHAPS I'VE MORE EXPERIENCE CONCERNING HOMOSEXUAL PROBLEMS.

OFTEN THE MORAL OF CHURCHES IS BORN FROM THE HEBRAIC MORAL, MORAL OF TABOOS. THIS MORAL CONDEMNED ALL PRACTICES WHICH DIDN'T CONCUR IN THE PROPAGATION OF THE RACE; IS THE REASON CONDEMNING MASTURBATION AND HOMOSEXUALITY.

"BUT NOW, WE'VE PASSED THE ERA OF RACES AND WE'VE ATTAINED THE ERA OF THE UNIVERSALITY. IN OUR OVER-PEOPLED WORLD, THOSE TA-

BOOS ARE OUT OF DATE..

"INSTEAD OF THE GOD PUNISHING APPEARS THE GOD UNDERSTANDING. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN ETHIC IS BASED ON THE LOVE...CONDEMNING ONLY THAT WHICH IS DETRIMENTAL FOR OTHERS.

"I BELIEVE THE HOMOSEXUALITY IS A PART OF THE NATURAL ORDER, AND TO CONDEMN IT WOULD BE UNNATURAL, AND WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO CONDEMN THE NATURAL PLAN, THE DIVINE PLAN.

"A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST WROTE RECENTLY: 'THE HOMOSEXUAL HAS NOT THE TASK TO DESTROY HIS TENDENCY, TO CHANGE HIS NATURE. IF HE IS A TRUE HOMOSEXUAL THAT IS AS IMPOSSIBLE AS TO CHANGE HIS HAIRS' COLOUR.'

"FOR CLOSE, I THINK THE HOMOSEXUAL CAN BE FRANKLY, HONESTLY AMID THE CHURCH. THE MYSTERY OF GOD IS TO LOVE US AS WE ARE."

REV. P. E. LAURENT PARIS, FRANCE

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