The academic engineering journal Prism published a letter of opinion. We’re pretty sure that’s what letters to the editor are for. But many prominent academic leader, apparently, disagreed in this case:
The letter questioned whether diversity “is good” if it includes same-sex orientations, which the author said are associated with people dying younger, being “addictive and abusive,” and promoting “a sexually promiscuous lifestyle.”
“We would do well to teach the truth about the homosexual /lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender lifestyle. These dear people caught up in this destructive way of life need true help and true hope and not encouragement or approval of a detrimental, negative lifestyle. They deserve better than that. This is not God’s plan for their lives,” says the letter, from Wayne A. Helmer, professor of mechanical engineering at Arkansas Tech University. He continued: “Beyond the physical, their emotional and spiritual needs are just like ours: Their need for abundant life (emotional) and forgiveness of sins (spiritual) is only what Jesus Christ can give them [John 10:10, 13:16]. Only he can truly change lives and give people the healing and forgiveness and self-worth and significance that they [and we] all desire and need.”
The letter prompted the association’s president (Kenneth F. Galloway of Vanderbilt University), president-elect (Nicholas J. Altiero of Tulane University) and immediate past president (Walter J. Buchanan of Texas A&M University) to take the unusual step of issuing a joint letter denouncing their own publication for publishing Helmer’s piece…
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