{"id":6662,"date":"2013-12-04T09:47:52","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T09:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=6662"},"modified":"2013-12-04T10:12:01","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T10:12:01","slug":"2013dec04daley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/2013dec04daley\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Daley seduced by older man"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tom Daley in his video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the Olympic diver Tom Daley announced he was ‘in a relationship’ ‘with a guy’ the papers have been in a frenzy to find out the identity of the mystery ‘boyfriend’.<\/p>\n

Our suspicions that it would turn out to be an older man have now been confirmed by a number of tabloids.<\/p>\n

The individual concerned is American screenwriter and gay rights activist Dustin Lance Black who at 39 is more than twice Daley’s age. \u00a0It was Black who encouraged Daley to make his ill-considered video announcement.<\/p>\n

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Dustin Black in campaigning mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Daily Mirror reports<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that the diver ‘looks up to’ Black whom he met in March. \u00a0It would not be a stretch of the\u00a0imagination to wonder if Black is filling the void left by Daley’s late father, Robert, who died tragically\u00a0two years ago<\/a><\/strong> at the age of just 40. \u00a0The diver was devoted to his father, who never saw his son fulfill his dream of competing at the Olympic Games – and winning a medal.<\/p>\n

Writing on Eurosport, Desmond Kane said<\/a><\/strong>: ‘In his private moments, Daley must feel like he has been shorn of his support network. The trademark smile must hide a lot with his mum being forced to deal with such ongoing grief. It all remains very raw.’<\/p>\n

The Mirror also said\u00a0that Daley and Black have fallen for each other’. \u00a0If Daley is having a sort of adolescent crush compensating for his dreadful loss,\u00a0<\/span>Dustin Black probably cannot believe his luck. \u00a0He has been able to initiate a teenage boy into sexual activities he probably would not even have known about this time last year.<\/p>\n

A teenage crush on a teacher or classmate of the same sex is not uncommon, but the great majority grow out of such desires and progress to heterosexuality<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0The danger comes when authority figures or role models signal that such feelings are indicative of an inate ‘orientation’. \u00a0For this reason as well as concern for his own development, it is encouraging at least that Tom Daley has refused to identify as ‘gay’ and has said he is still attracted to girls.<\/p>\n

In April 2010 the American College of Pediatricians<\/a><\/strong> cautioned \u201ceducators about the management of students experiencing same-sex attraction or exhibiting symptoms of gender confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n

A press release explained:<\/p>\n

‘The College reminds school superintendents that it is not uncommon for adolescents to experience transient confusion about their sexual orientation and that most students will ultimately adopt a heterosexual orientation if not otherwise encouraged. For this reason, schools should not seek to develop policy which \u201caffirms\u201d or encourages these non-heterosexual attractions among students who may merely be experimenting or experiencing temporary sexual confusion. Such premature labeling can lead some adolescents to engage in homosexual behaviors that carry serious physical and mental health risks.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Apostle Paul warned believers In Corinth that those engaged in homosexual activity would not ‘inherit the kingdom of God.’ \u00a0In a perceptive following verse, he reminded these early Christians that some of them had not only been forgiven their sins but actually delivered from what the Bible describes as ‘vile affections’ by the power of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit:<\/p>\n

1Cor 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fact remains that, as the Lord Jesus himself said:<\/p>\n

Mark 10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;\u00a08 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And despite all the campaigning for ‘gay marriage’ by people like Justin Black, becoming ‘one flesh’, in the full emotional and conjugal sense implied \u00a0by the Lord Jesus, is something a pair of homosexual men or women can never do.<\/p>\n

Please pray for Tom Daley (and other young people experiencing similar emotional turmoil) that his homosexual feelings will indeed be transient and that he will grow out of them. \u00a0Pray that God will protect him from the diseases inherent in unnatural activity and that the Almighty will send people across his path to lead him onto the true way.<\/p>\n

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