She is one of the few liberal pundits that appears not to suffer from the poison punch. I don’t agree with her politics but she isn’t deranged like Colmes and that type. I guess that’s what the deranged are missing.
Kirsten Powers conversion to Christianity is one as a phony
liberal Christian
April 10,2013
http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2013/04/10/fox-news-evangelical-democrat-an-interview-with-kirsten-powers/
JM: As an orthodox Christian where do you stand on the issue of same-sex marriage?
KP: I view same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue. As Ted Olson and David Boies have pointed out, the Supreme Court has affirmed 14 times that marriage is a fundamental right. I believe the government should provide same-sex marriage, and churches should be left to do what they believe is right. I am eternally frustrated by the way Christians conflate holy matrimony and civil marriage. While Christians are free to have their decisions influenced and directed by what the Bible says, they are not free to impose those views on other people, especially when they are constitutionally protected rights.
The argument that we are “redefining marriage” is specious. First of all, marriage has been redefined before. “Marriage” in the United States used to mean “marriage between people of the same race.” Second, civil marriage can mean all sorts of things. If a couple is married but decide they want to have an “open marriage,” for example, the state still recognizes them as “married.” Is that the definition of marriage that most people have? No. But it is a definition of marriage in the eyes of the state.
As you know, when Christians enter into holy matrimony in a church, it is an entirely different commitment than when two people enter into a civil marriage, affirmed by the state. Holy matrimony is a union with God. The Christian view of marriage is that it is supposed to reflect Jesus to the world. That is an entirely different definition than a civil marriage, which is what the state provides. I understand that people are concerned that churches will be forced to perform same-sex marriages, against their beliefs. I don’t believe this will happen, but even if Christians are afraid that the government might overreach and persecute Christian churches, that is never a justification to infringe on other peoples constitutional rights. If you have a fear of potential discrimination by the government the answer is not to discriminate against another group.