Shawn Graves

“In my mind, choice is the basis of Christianity, but the choice is not about sexuality, it is about how we treat other people. That is the choice about which we should be most concerned.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives

“So at the risk of being a broken record, was Paul condemning people born with same-sex attraction? No. Was he condemning any and all same-sex sex acts? No. Was he condemning sexual activity, engaged in by people of the same sex, that was either exploitive (such as pederasty) or economic (such as prostitution) in nature? It would sure seem so.”
― Colby Martin, UnClobber: Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality

“Many workers credited the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement for raising their consciousness about the unfairness of working in poverty for profitable corporations. In fact, fast food was the most unequal industry in the economy; Demos research calculated an over one-thousand-to-one average CEO-to-worker pay gap.”
― Heather McGhee, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

“And who would choose to be gay? Who would choose to pit themselves against all odds and make life as difficult as possible if it were really a matter of choice or sexual “preference”? Not too many people I know.”
― David Ferguson, Christianity and Homosexuality - Some Seventh-day Adventist Perspectives