Giles Fraser is the vicar of Putney, west London.
(Hat tip to Zoe Brain)The Age (http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-pope-has-forgotten-christs-word-20081225-7539.html?page=-1)
QuoteIn direct opposition to the theology of Deuteronomy, Isaiah writes that "to the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths and hold fast to my covenant, I will give, in my house and within my walls, a monument and a name that is better than sons and daughters" — yes, better than sons and daughters. And what is true for eunuchs is true, by direct analogy, for people who are gay.
Inclusion is not a piece of trendy modern theory. It is a biblical imperative. Those who take the Bible as if it were a reference book cannot mentally accommodate the idea that the story being told is about the developing consciousness of the people of Israel, of how they got it wrong and how they are led to a new understanding by God.