This would be a GREAT idea

I found this reply to a posting from someone commenting on a pastor's hesitancy to condemn gay folks, or at least, his hesitancy to blanket all gay folks as hell bound.

The poster is quoting something the pastor had said earlier and I think anyone who is going to talk about the gay issue ought to at least check this list and see if he or she has done his homework around the gay issue, rather than simply spewing his or her anti-gay opinions or bigotry.

Here it is:

[Brian] Mclaren [a leader in the Emergent Church movement], at a Christian gay forum last year suggested a proposal on how we can “solve” the homosexuality issue within Christianity: No one is allowed to talk about it unless they have enough points:

10 if you have considered and studied the relevant biblical passages
10 if you have actually read the six passages aboud homosexuality in the bible
20 if you have read other passages that might affect the way you read those six passages
5 if you have read one or more books that reinforce the position you already hold
25 if you have read one or more books arguing the opposite position
10 if you have spent three hours reading websites showing a variety of views
50 for every friend you have who’s been through an ex-gay ministry
50 for every friend who’s been through an ex-gay ministry that didn’t work
50 for every friend who’s gay and in a long-term committed relationship
50 for every friend who’s gay and not in a committed relationship
50 for every parent you’ve listened to whose child is gay
When you have 3,000 points, you can speak on the issue.

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Whether or not you actually acquire all the points, the "point" here is we all need to be more aware of the gay discussion than simply knowing 'what the Bible says'.