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Amazon reader review: This is an excellent survey (118 pages) of the issues people in the U.S.A. raise in the church's wrestling with how to treat homosexuals. While the doctrinal examples are United Methodist, the biblical issues apply to any denomination. It reads like it comes from a newspaper columnist, which it does. It would be a good quick read for anyone wanting to understand the history of homosexual issues in the church, the biblical references most commonly used to condemn or support homosexuality, and the specific doctrinal actions that the Methodist church has taken, beginning with the first inclusion of the subject in 1972. It also includes excerpts from the writings of prominent (and not so prominent) people who resist the church's condemnation of homosexuals, and a surprising (at least to me) list of prominent people throughout history known to be homosexual.