Rev. Latham appears to have done nothing more than to invite someone to a hotel with him for consensual sex. That's not a crime.

The Supreme Court has made it crystal clear that, when it comes to their sex lives, consenting adults are free to do whatever they please in private. According to the police report, Rev. Latham did nothing more than invite another man to his hotel room for consensual sex. It is not a crime merely to invite someone to have completely lawful sex. If it were otherwise, every bar in the state may as well shut its doors.

The conditions were horrible, but we all had a lot of fun.

The Supreme Court has made it clear that consenting adults are free to do what they wish in the privacy of their own homes. If you follow the logic of the Oklahoma City police, everyone who tries to pick someone up at a bar is a criminal.

It takes quite a spine to turn the other cheek. It takes phenomenal fortitude to love your enemy. It takes firm resolve to pray for those who persecute you. (with reference to Matthew 5)

Love is giving up control. It’s surrendering the desire to control the other person. The two—love and controlling power over the other person—are mutually exclusive. If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.