Yes, Ms. Blair, we are all created in God's image, sexual plumbing included. All of us are created with the intent that, after puberty, we will be attracted to a mate of the opposite sex and join forces to participate with God in the procreation of the next generation. None of us is created to indulge his perverted lust for a person of the opposite sex, pleasing only himself, creating no lasting fruit of marriage.

Have you every read the Bible, Ms. Blair? The Bible is not flawed; only your dubious dismissal of the book is flawed.

Arrangements for this event have most likely advanced to a point where cancellation would place an undue burden on those who have signed up and paid for it. On the other hand, the church might do better to find a more welcoming event next year, since this article seems to have created such a stir. Or, is this no more than a tempest in a teapot?