The popular culture, and liberal politics, is getting close to the point at which supporting marriage between a man and a woman only, will brand you as bigoted.
The liberals have framed the issues as issues of civil rights, just like civil rights for minorities.
If we get to the point of 50 state homosexual marriage, it will indeed be a case of any still opposed will be silenced, because we’ll be told that it’s the law of the land, and that the only reason to oppose homosexual marriage is hatred of the homosexual.
Just because all anti-gay bigots oppose homosexual marriage, doesn’t mean that everyone who opposes homosexual marriage is a bigot. But that nuance is lost on the liberals and the media who control the tenor of the debate.
Sproul is ignorant of the history. Our founding fathers were either Christian or Deist. Deism was trendy at the time but died out around 1810 due to boredom perhaps
We have been one of the preeminant Christian counyries since our founding. Claims to the contrary merely expose the author to charges of ignorance.
Read some history before you presume to instruct others in well traveled historical issues.
I assume this is the son of the (very well spoken) radio preacher?
“Yes, many of our founding fathers were sincere professing Christians. But many of them were not”
WRONG! Let me correct that for you.....
Yes, MOST (if not all) of our founding fathers were sincere professing Christians. But possibly a FEW of them were not.
In researching this subject a few months ago, I was shocked at how often our founding fathers proclaimed the name of JESUS in their writings and our salvation through Him. The proclamations of their Christian faith were unashamed and profound.
The idea that our founding fathers weren’t devout Christians is a MYTH. All you have to do is read their own recorded words!
The United States was founded as a “Christian Nation” by devout, bible thumping, Jesus proclaiming, Christians. GET OVER IT.
And it still is a “Christian Nation” although we have lost some ground.
Excellent post. As always, Dr. Sproul is always eloquent and spot-on. Thanks for this thread.
BTW, I mistook this to be Dr. Sproul SR. I did not realize the author was JR.
Jesus, that Rabbi from Nazareth, answered the legal scholars of His day -defining “marriage” thus At the beginning God Created them male and female and said for this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother and cleave unto his wife and the two shall become one flesh.(Matthew 19:3-12; Mark 10:2-12 —and compare Genesis 1:27; 2:24 . When the Judges violate the Constitution the only Right action is IMPEACHMENT. when any Judge orders a Christian to do that which is contrary to what is written — We ought follow Peter and the other Apostles when “strictly commanded to not teach in that Name” We ought to obey God rather than men.” Our Constitution begins “We the people” It does NOT say we the corrupt and lawless Courts— The only way man can “lose” the rights given by God— is if that man chooses to surrender them. so when any Court says same sex marriage is legal I say “We ought to obey God rather than men.”
Sproul Jr. has some pretty good things to say.
He is more of a commentator on the culture than his dad who speaks more on the Bible and theology...both are doing so much for the Christian cause.