All I can say is “Wow”.
I read the pastor’s reasoning and it is tripe.
God is a God of love but HE is also a God of judgment.
You can love the sinner, but you cannot love the sin.
As a pastor, he has abdicated his responsibility to teach the whole word of God, not just the sunny parts.
His stance will lead many astray.
Many preachers have run off the tracks. I’m upset that Chaplains at the VA hid Christian symbols in their chapels because they were told to and got paid to do it. I say that’s the same as denying Christ.