Posted on 10/18/2011 11:38:34 AM PDT by Cronos
Would you attend a same-sex wedding ceremony? That question was posed recently to Houston pastor Joel Osteen, and Osteen said that he would attend, if the wedding involved friends. This came just after Osteen indicated that he could not perform a same-sex marriage ceremony, since he believes that homosexuality is a sin.
I recently wrote about this exchange, suggesting that Osteen’s position is morally and theologically incoherent. As I said:
This is beyond mere incoherence. It is moral and theological nonsense. More than that, it is a massive statement of ministerial malpractice. . . . You cannot celebrate what you say you know to be sin. You cannot honestly say that same-sex marriage defies the law of God, and then join in the celebration of that ceremony.
In recent days, Uri Scaramanga of “Out of Ur” and Leadership magazine posed the question to readers, using my comments as a point of reference. The question: “Is Al Mohler right? Is attending a same-sex marriage ceremony the same as performing one? Is it ministerial malpractice? What would you do?”
The responses to that question are revealing. I did not, however, argue that attending a same-sex marriage ceremony is the same as performing one, I did say - and I repeat - that it is incoherent and inconsistent to refuse to perform a same-sex marriage ceremony, and then to attend one.
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First, Pat Robertson sez that Alzeimers is a “form of death” and now Olsteen sez this. There must be something in the air.
I was invited to a lesbian co-worker’s wedding. I declined. First, I barely knew her. Second, it would go against every moral fiber of my being to stand in witness to an act against the very name and nature of God.
No.
Osteen’s principal concern is the world of man, of mammon, as represented by the garish rotating globe behind him on his stage. He and his wacko wife are all about themselves. Therefore he performs the swearing in for the new Lesbian Houston Mayor, and gains zoning approval for his new stadium church a few weeks later.
“Given time, no church, no family, and no individual Christian will escape this question. This will lead, unquestionably, to hard decisions and awkward situations. The time to think about this question is now.”
Chilling to think about, but he is probably right.
I don’t know why. But Osteen has given me the creeps since the first time I look at him on tv. He has that slick game show host look to him.
“Same sex wedding “ is an oxymoron.
Gays can’t truly marry in the eyes of God no matter “mans” law says, so no I wouldn’t attend the sham ceremony any more than I would attend a Satanic mass.
NO
Period.
and the fact that osteen would affirms what I have always thought about osteen. Just another......money changer.
The only way I would go is if it involved family..
Olsteen shows his true Christian belief which is none. But it sure brings in the money to he and his wife for their big house and living like a king.
Olsteen shows his true Christian belief which is none. But it sure brings in the money to he and his wife for their big house and living like a king.
Olsteen shows his true Christian belief which is none. But it sure brings in the money to he and his wife for their big house and living like a king.
I would decline -as a Christian -most certainly if I were a Christian pastor— I would decline. Nowhere -I am aware of in
Scripture is the institution of “marriage” described as a union between two males— or two females —or any other union except between a man and a woman. Polygamy was tolerated but
was never expressed as Gods intention .Moses ,Jesus of Nazareth, and the apostle Paul all three defined “Marriage” as between a man and a woman -and the two shall become one flesh. For a Christian-especially one ordained a Minister of that Sacred Text to accept an invitation to what is NOT “marriage” would lead some to stumble believing it to sanction what God does NOT. I care not what men may say —
it remains fornication—and sin as it is written.It is NO “marriage”
As a Christian and a Non-Pervert, I would have to say NO!
Do do so only promotes the perversion of homosexuality..
Only if Fred Phelps is invited to attend.
If they were friends or family and I was invited, sure.
Most assuredly yes. I have a friend whom I have known since 1st grade. He and I have been best-best friends ever since (sixty years). Thick and thin. It’s an amazing friendship and I believe that it was the finest thing I’ve ever been blessed with.
We even plan to share a plot at the cemetary when the time comes. I’m going to have a little sign on my headstone that says “I’m with stupid”, with an arrow pointing to his side. If he were to marry a man, I would be there with bells on, front row center. Hell, I’d probably be the one to “give him away”. That’s what love is.
(ps: I’m a woman)
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