The Study NewTestament for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, & Transgender is a study Bible that challanges standard New Testament translations that associate homosexual behavior as sinful. Most Christians bookstores in Australia, where it is being published & heavily marketed, refuse to carry the alternative study Bible. Smith & Stirling publishers also publish other materials by the study Bible's editor,Dr. Ann Nyland, who is also the author of the Source New Testament, the basis for the new gay study Bible.
Australia's largest Christian retailer, Koorong, has declined to carry the volume.
Dr. Nyland argues that a correct understanding of the vocabulary of the Greek New Testament leads her to understand the passages most scholars use to condemn homosexual acts actually condemn any sexual acuts including violence, & therefore are not condemnatory of sexual acts between people of the same gender that are loving & faithful.
The Lord's Servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will give them a change of heart leading to a knowledge of the truth
II Timothy 2:24-26
