Salvation Army said what????

Salvation Army says "Gays Need to be Put To Death"
(Click link above to read the article^)

Wow. 
No wonder Christians get a bad rap.
The above link is to an article my professor posted about the Salvation Army stating that gays need to be put to death. This article is absolutely horrible, sad, and makes me so so angry. I feel the need to defend Jesus here, because He was misrepresented. It really breaks my heart that the article portrays Christians as legalistic and judgmental toward the gay community.

This sentence really made me cringe, "Salvation Army went on record recently, stating that LGBTQ parents should be put to death as the bible instructs"

First of all, that is not Christian theology. They are really missing the heart of what Christianity is all about. As Christians, all sins are equal, so he might as well just have said all lairs should be put to death.

I would agree that sin leads to death, but this article misses the key point of Christianity-> Jesus dying on the cross to give us all eternal life. Romans 6 explains this in great detail, but this is the most important verse in my opinion:

^"23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. "

All of us sin. All of us deserve death. But because of Jesus' gift to us, we can have eternal life.

Is lying a sin? Yes.
I lie, so do I deserve death? Yes.
Is being in a homosexual relationship a sin? Yes.
Does it deserve death? Yes.
But what is so amazing about Christianity is that Jesus took that penalty for us. When we decide to surrender our life to Him, we are trading in death for eternal life. God will accept anyone who comes to him in faith, no matter what their backgrounds are, and Christians are called to love and accept others no matter what. Telling someone they should die is not a form of love.

Andrew then uses Romans 1 to attempt to defend his beliefs. I think he probably should have kept reading. Romans 2:1 is all about how we should not judge others because we too are sinners.

"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgement on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things."

I don't understand how he left out such important information. Maybe the article edited out his words? I'm not sure, but if he really said exactly what he said, then I am sorry to all who have read that article.