The title of this article is, "What courage and fortitude," and that is exactly what has been expressed. It is amazing to me that the wife of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland has proved to be very tenacious, and very out spoken of her assessment of homosexuality. Most church's in the United States don't even show this kind of courage and fortitude as this woman has.

Just look at the Coat of Arms of Northern Ireland, and you will see all sorts of symbols of Israel. The lion of Juda, the unicorn, Judah: 3 lion's, the golden harp of David; not to mention the uplifted red hand, that is prominentally displayed on many Irish symbols, North and South. Is it possible that God is refusing to keep quiet like we want him to. How long have we refused to let him speak; how long have we flipped him off. It is interesting that Ireland for centuries was known as "hibernia," which in the Hebrew literally means, "hebrew land." Is there a connection, I think so.

I don't necessarily agree with loving the sinner but hating the sin simply because God doesn't really separate the two:
 
"Therefore shall they keep my charge, and shall not bear for it sin, and die therein, when they profane it, I Yahweh am hallowing them. And no stranger shall eat what is hallowed, neither one who dwelleth with a priest, nor a hireling shall eat what is hollowed" (Leviticus 22: 9-10, Rotherham's Emphasized Bible), or "They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane (make common / unholy: debase, desecrate, defile) it: I the LORD do sanctify them. There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing. a sojourner (visitor, temporary resident) of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing" (King James Bible).

However, I do know and understand where she is coming from. God always shows a way out. Granted, God does not want anybody to perish: "The Lord is not slack (slow, idle) concerning his promise, as some men count slackness (slowness, sluggishness, delay), but is longsuffering to us-ward (toward us), not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9, King James Bible); he always makes a way out, it is your choice. This is also true of homosexuality. This idea that homosexuals cannot change is one of the many myths that they love to promote. Thousands of people have left the homosexual lifestyle; and I have met a few of them, so to use the cop out that they can't change is a lie. It is based on the same lie that, "they were born that way." Remember, God doesn't want Satan to perish either; but Satan has no choice because sin was found in him. This is not true of mankind. Adam and Eve chose to sin; sin was not found in them. This is true of people today; they can choose to sin. Remember, it is up to the individual.

"Thou shall not lie (shakab - a prime root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination. Neither shall you lie with any beast and defile yourself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast (negro) to lie down thereto: it is an abomination" (Leviticus 18:22-23, King James Bible).

"Defile not yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: And the land is defiled; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants" (verses 24, 25). When the people allow defiled sodomites (1- sexual intercourse with a member of the same sex, or with an animal, 2- noncoital sex and esp. anal or oral sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex -- sodomize; The Merriam Webster Dictionary) in their nation it defiles the land like the Canaanites had defiled the land, and God will expel them from the land like He did with the perverted Canaanites, or curse them like he did with Egypt. God was thus warning Israel not to follow the iniquity and perverted way's of such nations otherwise the "land shall spit you out, as it spit out the (Canaanite) nations that were before you" (Leviticus 18:28).

Is it possible that the Prime Ministers wife is giving a warning from God? Yes. The first thing that you must remember is that she is under submission to her husband, the Prime Minister. This is in the frame works of God's law's. In other words, she is not a "Jezebel," she isn't on her own trying to rule over her husband. It is important that women maintain this submission. This isn't my opinion; it is God's law, and God's will. Regarding the practices of Sodomy, it is important to mention here the practices of the Egyptians and Canaanites. One Bible Commentary says,

"Ancient history gives many appalling proofs that the enormous vices described in this chapter (Leviticus 18) were very prevalent, nay were regularly practiced from religious motives in the temple's of Egypt and the grove's of Canaan; and it was these gigantic social disorders that occasioned the decree for the expulsion of the inhabitants of Canaan (Jamieson, Fauset & Brown, "A commentary on the Whole Bible, volume I., page 86).
 
"There shall be no whore (prostitute, harlot, female engaging in promiscuous sexual intercourse, slut) of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite (a person who practices sodomy -- any sexual intercourse held to be abnormal, especially anal intercourse between two male persons or bestiality--Hebrew-a male temple prostitute) of the son's of Israel" (Deuteronomy 23:17; King James Bible).

It is important to realize that Ireland is an Israeli country just like Scotland, England, scandinavia, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and other european countries. They are different, and they must act in accordance to the law's of God and his precepts. The United States is no exception here. Why do you think that "America," in Gothic means, "Kingdom of Heaven," and who are the Gothics? They are the Gauls; or in other words, the galatians. They come from galilee, of the ten tribes of Israel.

I must give the wife of Prime Minister Robinson's a round of applause and congratulations for taking her stand. The courage that she is taking, the tenaciousness, and fortitude for not backing down is exemplary. I would love to go to Ireland an congratulate her personally. In this day and age, all one can do is give a warning. Whether people listen or not makes no difference, a warning must be given. Something that she has done without flinching:

"So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away, -- and I went bitterly in the rage of my spirit, but the hand of Yahweh upon me was strong. Then came I unto them of the captivity at Tel-abib who were dwelling towards the river Chebar, and I dwelt there seven day's stunned in their midst. And it came to pass at the end of seven day's that the word of Yahweh came unto me saying: Son of man, A watchman have I appointed thee to the house of Israel, -- and thou shalt hear, at my mouth, a message, and shalt warn them from me. When I say to the lawless man -- Thou shalt surely die, and thou hast not given him warning, neither has spoken to warn the lawless man from his lawless way, to save him-self alive the same lawless man in his iniquity shall die, but his blood at thy hand will I require. Whereas when thou hast warned a lawless man, and he hath not turned from his lawlessness and from his lawless way he in his iniquity shall die, but thou hast delivered thine own soul. And when a righteous man hath turned from his righteousness and committed perversity, and I have suffered a stumbling block to be laid before him he shall die, though thou hast not warned him in his sin shall he die, neither shall be remembered his righteous deeds which he hat done but his blood at thy hand will I require; whereas when thou hast warned a righteous man. That a righteous man must not sin and he hath not sinned he shall surely live in that he took warning, and thou hast delivered thine own soul" (Ezekiel 3:14-21; Rotherham's Emphasized Bible).