Posted on 04/04/2022 9:27:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Christians shouldn't attend same-sex wedding ceremonies, as attending would be to an inherent show of support, according to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler Jr.
In an episode of Mohler’s “The Briefing” podcast that aired Friday, the Evangelical theologian was asked by a listener about what to do if one is invited to a same-sex wedding ceremony.
Mohler responded by noting that the “whole context of the wedding as a public event is the public exchange of vows and the public declaration of the rightness of this relationship.”
“Remember that the traditional word used of those who are attending a wedding is that they are celebrants," he added. "They are there to celebrate the wedding. It is virtually impossible to go to … a wedding of a same-sex couple and go and smile and not give affirmation to what you believe to be fundamentally contrary to nature and injurious to human flourishing.”
Mohler went on to say that “if you are consistently biblical in your thinking, you simply can't go to a wedding that actually isn't a wedding, for a marriage that you don't believe is actually a marriage.”
“One of the principles that has guided the Christian church through the centuries is that the Church cannot sanction and Christians should not celebrate weddings that are illicit or unlawful according to Scripture.
“Now that can include some situations in which it would be a man and a woman standing at the altar, but we would believe there are biblical reasons why they should not be joined together, why it would not be a biblical marriage, it is not a rightful wedding. You extend that to the LGBTQ revolution and we have a whole new set of complexities, but in reality, this isn't a new question.”
Mohler tackled other listener-submitted questions in the podcast episode, including, when is a child too young to have a conversation about transgender ideology.
“The one thing we must always do is say what is true,” Mohler replied. “But understanding how much to say and how much to explain at any one moment to any given child, well, that is something that only faithful parents can actually well understand.”
“There's a difference between age 4 and 14. But it is parents more than any experts nor anyone outside the home who will have the best understanding of how and when to have certain discussions with children.”
Tim Wilkins of the conference “More Than Words” penned a column in 2018 that was reposted by The Christian Post in which he tackled the issue of Christians attending same-sex weddings.
“I do not believe a Christian should attend such a wedding for this basic reason ... this is not a ‘get-together’ or a social event,” wrote Wilkins, in an opinion piece that was originally published on Cross Ministry. “God Himself is being called on to oversee this solemn event and those in attendance are ‘witnesses’ of it.
“Having said that, I am not opposed to inviting the couple to a dinner at a local restaurant sometime later where I treat them to a meal. Why? There is no theological conflict here and such a meal would provide an opportunity to enjoy the meal and conversation.”
That better be a Platform Bed, one that sits directly on the floor and evenly distributes the weight.
A Waterbed would become a Catapult for the other woman.
Lol, and top shelf?
I asked for it
But That still Hurts.
It’s not a real marriage, so no.
Cheer up. There will be snacks.
I think I’d pass on the cake.
My daughter had a lesbian lay pastor perform her wedding. I didn’t know this until the last minute. I felt uneasy and as far as I was concerned, the wedding didn’t count.
For the same reason, it’s not appropriate for a Christian to attend the wedding of one or both adulterers, without some extraordinary exception supported by Scripture. You would be celebrating what God condemns.
See, now YOU’RE onto the deal, here.
Skip the ceremony (who’d know, right?) and go, uhhh, straight (sry, not sry) to the reception. Get a couple beers in ya before the mob shows up.
I worked in HR for a city in SoCal. One of the Street Maintenance “ladies” and her partner were having a commitment ceremony as same-sex marriages weren’t a thing then. My boss strongly implied (not QUITE a direct order) that all HR employees had to attend. I just laughed, shook my head, and walked away.
Things never were the same for me after that, and I retired a couple years earlier than I’d planned to.
is it proper for Christians to attend a Molech ceremony where babies are sacrificed to the false god? Or attend pagan rituals? Nope- These and gay ‘marriages’ as well are a blatant affront to God- a direct slap in his face- Why woudl a Christian want to even entertain being a part of that?
God does NOT join same sex couples together because He condemns homosexuality, calling it the strongest condemnation word possible- an Abomination!- yet the ceremony states “What God has joined together...” So these preachers that ‘marry’ gay couples are actually mocking God, or at best ignoring God altogether by disobeying God through falsely ‘joining them together in ‘holy’ matrimony’-
They make a mockery of God and His condemnation of homosexuality- it’s a direct spit in his face-
So nope- one shouldn’t attend, and ‘should have’ the courage to say no even if a close relative is caught up i n the abomination of the gay life
I’d go further than just not attending a “wedding” between two such people. I would not generally associate with them socially or in a Christian cultural context. We are told in Scripture to “turn away” from “such as these.” Open, proud homosexuals have reached a level of lifestyle blasphemy that can’t go much lower. They epitomized every condemnable characteristic mentioned in 2 Timothy 3:1-5.
No. Next question.
No. Perversion is condemned by God.
Read Romans 1:18-32, especially verse 32. If you believe the Bible is God’s word, obey it.
It’s not hard to figure out what the Putin haters think of this question.
I try really hard not to judge people. That’s for God to do. I have no power over other people, places and things and what these people do. But I can have the power of who I choose to be around and where I choose to go and what to be involved in.
I have never been invited to a same sex wedding. I am guessing most religious people would not marry gay people. I do know some gay people. I avoid the conversations like that.
Catholic moral theology would call something like this a “simulation of a sacrament”. It’s a grave sin to participate in one of those if you do so knowingly. (And it would be nearly impossible in this case to not know.)
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