"…any interpretation of Scripture that hurts people, oppresses peo ple, or destroys people cannot be the right interpretation, no matter how tradi tional, historical, or exegetically respectable. There can be no debate about the fact that the church’s stand on homosexuality has caused oppression, loneliness, self-hatred, violence, sickness, and suicide for millions of people. If the church wishes to continue with its traditional interpretation it must demonstrate, not just claim, that it is more loving to condemn homosexuality than to affirm homo sexuals…in the end, all appeals, whether to the Bible or anything else, must submit to the test of love…We ask the question that must be asked: “What is the loving thing to do?"

-Dale Martin