"The world is run by those who show up."
It seems those who are showing up to church need discernment, to pay less attention to ESPN and get in this fight. The gullible masses live in a bread and circus world. Too many people want to be left alone and feel it's their right to stand by and passively do their 9-5 and BBQ on the weekends. Sorry sheeple but we're in a war whether you like it or not. You will go down fighting evil or be consumed by evil.
Yes, they need to show up and be awake. I once held a couple of positions in a mainline church. Elections for leadership came around, and there was some consensus that a certain member might be a good choice for lay leader. He was well-liked, clean cut, and just such a polite young man, and his “roommate” was always so keen on helping decorate. I very calmly pointed out that in a conservative community, having a homosexual lay leader might not be the best form of outreach. The old folks were all shocked. Seriously, the guy might as well have been carrying a sign, same goes for his “roommate”. If I hadn’t spoken up (and that was all I said on the issue), they would probably have picked him.