{"id":167,"date":"2007-12-11T20:06:27","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2007\/12\/giuliani-thinks-gay-acts-are-s.html"},"modified":"2007-12-11T20:06:27","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T20:06:27","slug":"giuliani-thinks-gay-acts-are-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2007\/12\/giuliani-thinks-gay-acts-are-s.html","title":{"rendered":"Giuliani Thinks Gay Acts are Sinful?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"giuliani3.jpg\"Sure, the socially moderate Rudy Giuliani has tweaked his social positions<\/a> to appeal to religious conservatives. He’s come out in support for parental notification laws on abortion and for the Hyde amendment, which bars federal funding of abortions. But God-o-Meter found this one hard to swallow: an enthusiastic supporter of gay rights, Giuliani suggested on last Sunday’s Meet the Press that he thinks homosexual acts are sinful.
\nHere’s the somewhat convoluted exchange between Russert and Giuliani, courtesy of The New York Times’<\/em> Caucus blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Giuliani was asked… if he agreed with the statement made in 1992 by a rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee, about homosexuality being \u201can aberrant, unnatural, and sinful lifestyle.\u201d
\n\u201cNo,\u201d Mr. Giuliani replied. \u201cI don\u2019t believe it\u2019s sinful.\u201d But he then said something that puzzled and concerned some gay rights groups.
\n\u201cMy moral views on this come from the, you know, from the Catholic Church, and I believe that homosexuality, heterosexuality, as a way that somebody leads their life is not, isn\u2019t sinful,\u201d said Mr. Giuliani, who as New York mayor temporarily moved in with two gay roommates after he separated from his wife. \u201cIt\u2019s the acts \u2014 it\u2019s the various acts that people perform that are sinful, not the orientation that they have.\u201d
\nMr. Giuliani added: \u201cI\u2019ve had my own sins that I\u2019ve had to confess.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Times <\/em>sought a clarification, but the Giuliani campaign declined. God-o-Meter can’t help but wonder whether Giuliani misspoke or whether he really feels this way. And, if he does, whether he’s told the gay couple the then-New York Mayor lived with when his divorce proceedings forced him from Gracie Mansion.<\/p>\n


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