To me, it's mind-boggling to think that homosexuality was forbidden up until 1967.

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth.

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.