But she also says she is still Christian.
Read an interview from a Christian website with her about her decision to come out here
The immediate question one wants to know from a Christian homosexual is "but how? Don't you read the scripture?"
Knapp's response:
"I'm not capable of getting into the theological argument as to whether or not we should or shouldn't allow homosexuals within our church. There's a spirit that overrides that for me, and what I've been gravitating to in Christ and why I became a Christian in the first place."
I have much to say, but I will remain silent, but I think the story of Jennifer Knapp is just a beginning to what will become more and more common place in evangelical Christianity (or at least in parts): Homosexuals saying they are Christians too...
How do we deal with it?
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The biggest one for me was when RAY BOLTZ came out of the closet!!! UGH!!! That made me soooooooooooo mad cause his songs were sooooooo incredible! How do we deal with it? It's sin...I think the way we deal with anyone that is sinning...I mean how many people say that they are Christians but they're living together etc...people have to realize that their living in sin, but other than that you just gotta stick with the scriptures!
The biggest underlying problem is people think they are Christian when they are not. They think they live for God when they are living in sin. Regardless of if they are homosexual, common-law, whatever, they are still living in sin. My sister and I have brought homosexuals to church. They haven't been treated any differently. Whether or not social acceptance has changed, we must still hold to the truth. In her interview, Knapp came across as putting on a Christian face to keep the guilt away, and using other people's actions to justify her own. And it doesn't sound like she is happy...
You deal with gays and lesbians saying that they're Christian by remembering that sinners can be Christians too. I'm old enough to remember when divorce what the Uber Kiss of Death. You couldn't be a good Christian and divorced. Today, divorce is "sad," but it doesn't condemn you to a hell-like state.
I personally like the idea of people being able to come out of this closet. It's better than what used to happen, which is that gays and lesbians would get married and then subject their spouses and kids to the agony of it all. I've been there, although I was lucky enough that I ultimately didn't marry the guy.
Also, to the person who says that common-law is not married, if you live in the several states that recognize common-law marriage YOU ARE MARRIED and you have to go through a legal divorce! Also, I'd like you to tell that to my mother, who was common-law married back in 1959 (through no fault of her own, it's a bizarre story) to my dad. They got their status regularized about 15 years ago for the purposes of Social Security ("certificate of informal partnership" from the state of Texas). But if you told her she hasn't been married for over 50 years, she might smack you.
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