The majority of the Christian leadersreject homosexuality and define it as a sin that must be dealt with. Yet thegreatest debate exists between disagreeing Christian leaders. Somedenominations permit homosexual pastors to lead their churches, which isoffensive to those who are opposed to it, while others neither condone norreject the issue. This is especially important for lesbian women who wish to bechurch leaders because they have to face those who claim that, not only shouldthey forbid homosexual pastors, but that women should not be allowed to takeleadership positions in the church.When the era of the Gay Rights Movement is compared with the silencethat was required of homosexuals during the colonial period, it becomes apparentthat there have been great advances through history. Lesbian women were forcedto repress their sexuality and get married in order to live a "normal" life.Even after homosexuality began it's emergence in the 1970s, lesbianismwas often forgotten somewhere among the controversy. In the words of feministauthor Kate Millett in her book, Sexual Politics which was written in 1970,"'Lesbianism' would appear to be so little a threat at the moment that it ishardly ever mentioned… Whatever its potentiality in sexual politics, femalehomosexuality is currently so dead an issue that while male homosexuality gainsa grudging tolerance, in women the event is observed in scorn or in silence (pt.3, ch. 8)." There seems to be no distinction made between homosexual men andhomosexual women in the media and this causes another form of separation....
