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Hostility to Christian Sexuality Beliefs Up 114 Percent in 3 Years, Report Finds
The Christian Post ^ | 7/3/17 | Samuel Smith

Posted on 07/04/2017 5:50:22 PM PDT by marshmallow

A new report produced by one of the nation's leading social conservative activist organization claims that there has been 76 percent increase in religious freedom violations and a 114 percent surge in documented hostility toward Christian views on marriage and sexuality in the last three years.

In a June 2017 report titled "Hostility to Religion: The Growing Threat to Religious Liberty in the United States," the Washington, D.C.-based Family Research Council highlighted various instances in which Americans' First Amendment rights have been infringed upon or instances in which they faced hostility over their religious views on sexuality that are in disagreement with those of the political left.

The report divided the reported instances into four different categories: "Attacks on Religious Expression in the Public Square," "Attacks on Religious Expression in Schools and Universities," "Censure of Religious Viewpoints Regarding Sexuality," and "Suppression of Religious Viewpoints on Sexuality Using Nondiscrimination Laws."

"When the first edition of this report was released in July 2014, religious freedom violations across the United States were already significantly high. Since that date, the number of incidents has only increased," a summary of the report states. "The first edition — spanning over a decade — contained 90 incidents. Yet 69 new incidents have been added in the short time since the last report. That is a 76 percent increase in just under three years."

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: christians; homosexualagenda; trends
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1 posted on 07/04/2017 5:50:22 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Which is probably reflected at FR too.


2 posted on 07/04/2017 5:55:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: marshmallow

Thanks to the DNC and anti-America media.


3 posted on 07/04/2017 5:57:10 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: marshmallow

Total BS.

This has not happened with the people I know, but I don’t hang around with leftists.


4 posted on 07/04/2017 6:03:39 PM PDT by caver
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To: marshmallow

“In the Last Days”.....today, the Left Wing seems to hate Jews and Christians, but they embrace Islam, which is counter to G_D. So, yeah, I believe this.


5 posted on 07/04/2017 6:10:28 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: marshmallow

They’re God’s ideas. They’ll have their ultimate chance to argue against Him.


6 posted on 07/04/2017 6:11:17 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: caver; marshmallow

Just because it hasn’t happened to someone you know doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened in the USA. The church I’m a member of - a Baptist one - has made changes to its constitution to REDUCE the chance of being sued for failing to do homosexual marriages.

Obama and others have tried to change freedom in the EXERCISE of religious belief into merely freedom to worship within the confines of a church building.


7 posted on 07/04/2017 6:17:21 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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That’s too bad that your church has already folded.

We are all just circling the toilet.


8 posted on 07/04/2017 6:23:09 PM PDT by caver
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To: marshmallow

“As it was in the days of Noah....”


9 posted on 07/04/2017 7:35:54 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: caver

“That’s too bad that your church has already folded.”

Really? Folded? How?


10 posted on 07/04/2017 8:36:18 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Mr Rogers

Persecution of Christians is just beginning. More and more individuals have bought the concerted effort of the devil to cast doubt on the veracity of the Bible and of the real Jesus. Sadly many “churches” are falling for the lies as well.


11 posted on 07/04/2017 9:01:08 PM PDT by JayElBee
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Explain how your church changed its constitution.

If the constitution was a biblical one, then why did it need the change?


12 posted on 07/05/2017 2:26:01 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: marshmallow

This was all foretold in the Bible nearly 2000 years ago. Christians know this will happen. More and more people in the world hate Christianity because they cannot justify their lifestyles spiritually


13 posted on 07/05/2017 3:49:07 AM PDT by okie 54
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"If the constitution was a biblical one, then why did it need the change?"

I can imagine several things. For example, making it clear that Marriage ceremonies and church facilities are only for church members and their Christian family members and cannot be rented by the general public.

14 posted on 07/05/2017 4:56:37 AM PDT by circlecity
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I agree, I can imagine those things also. I was hoping the individual would explain what the church did himself. I always keep an eye out for these kind of discussions because I am involved with church startups and mission work and do not want to reinvent the wheel, so to say.


15 posted on 07/05/2017 5:19:24 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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“If the constitution was a biblical one, then why did it need the change?”

It previously had no mention of homosexual marriage. No one had ever felt the need. It now specifically says that no homosexual marriage can be done on church property, and the pastor cannot perform one anywhere. That position was tied to scripture, which reduces (but does not eliminate) the possibility of the pastor being sued for being personally prejudiced against homosexuals.

As I put it in my first post on this thread: “The church I’m a member of - a Baptist one - has made changes to its constitution to REDUCE the chance of being sued for failing to do homosexual marriages.”


16 posted on 07/05/2017 6:41:15 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: marshmallow

Yep, all the alleged Christians that subscribe to pay movie channels and financially support the transmission of soft pornography into their homes fit in the category depicted by the title of this post.


17 posted on 07/05/2017 7:44:05 AM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: caver

His church hasn’t folded. They have merely attempted to remove any possible ambiguity from their church tenents about exactly where they stand about homosexuality and same-sex marriage. If they did what my Baptist church did, they didn’t soften anything but attempted to cast their beliefs in concrete. We do not want a judge trying to interpret the Bible for us. Like the Pilgrims we can do quite well on our own, thank you.


18 posted on 07/05/2017 7:55:58 AM PDT by Saltmeat
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To: marshmallow

How'bout hostility to beliefs about biological human reproduction - how's that trending?

XX + XX = FAIL

XY + XY = FAIL

XX + XY = Human



19 posted on 07/05/2017 1:43:44 PM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: marshmallow

Not surprising that the posted article before this is:

“Orthodox Jewish grade school in UK fails inspection for refusal to teach about sexual orientation”


20 posted on 07/05/2017 3:03:27 PM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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