To the editor:

Please permit me a few responses to Leonard Krishtalka’s March 19 column on natural law.

First, homosexual behavior was a sin prior to the establishment of the Law of Moses. God gave the Israelites several laws in the Old Covenant that were unique to their situation. Many of these, including dietary and Sabbath laws, were not transferred into God’s New Covenant with the Church (Colossians 2:16, 17). In contrast, the “natural law” against homosexuality began at Creation. God created one man and one woman and brought them together as husband and wife (Genesis 2:20–24). His design is biologically, psychologically, and spiritually sound.

Second, there is absolute and abiding truth. The New Covenant is in effect until Jesus Christ comes again and judges the world (Jude 3, 21). In the New Testament, the apostles and prophets echo both Creation and Mosaic Law when they write against homosexual practice (1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Jude 7).

Third, at the very core of this whole debate is the presence (or absence) of God. If evolution is one’s god, then there is no absolute truth. Even prohibitions against murder and theft are reduced to being “morally wise.” (Why? For how long?) The crumbling of our society is directly related to our attitudes toward God. Many today have “exchanged the truth of God for a lie” and “exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones” (Romans 1:25–27). With no shame, people have left the closet and headed for the courthouse.

David Stewart,

Lawrence