Conservative NYT Columnist on What to Expect When Gay Marriage Becomes Legal in 50 Sates

Christian Post ^ | 03/03/2013 | Anugrah Kumar

[luckystarmom]

No! I think churches still need to declare the truths of the Bible. However, I think it is a much better witness to say I disagree with you, but I still want to serve and help you.

I know I can do a much better job. We have a huge homeless population in my community, and I really don’t help them. I give money, but I don’t personally do anything else. Maybe I need to go and hand out blankets, coats, toothbrushes, etc to them.

I think I need to focus on how can I really shine God’s light.

[Genoa]

You sound like a nice person. My experience has been that this approach almost always ends up with almost all of the emphasis on service and very little on proclamation of the undiluted gospel. We bend over backwards to be liked and appreciated, and the message about sin and redemption gets watered down to the point where it becomes just about indiscernible.

[only1percent]

It already happened, nine months ago when the Supreme Court handed down Webster, which made it impossible legally to defend any law against gay marriage. Webster has since been used to impose gay marriage (or the recognition of out of state gay marriage, which amounts to the same thing) in New Jersey, Virginia, Texas, Utah, Ohio, Colorado and Kentucky. It’s on auto-pilot now.

You’re going to wait a long time for civil opposition, to say the least of secession. The Utah decision, through a combination of incompetence by the state Attorney General and aggressiveness by the courts, was unstayed for two weeks, in which time we saw, in the most anti-gay-marriage state in the country, a couple of isolated incidents of defiance by rural county clerks, all of whom folded after a few days.

[Pining_4_TX]

The writer then blames Christians for it, saying they had “plenty of opportunities – thousands of years’ worth – to treat gay people with real charity, and far too often chose intolerance.”

Ah, yes, that anonymous group out there that can be blamed for everything. Would the author care to name names, or is he content to issue judgment on an entire group of people based on his own prejudice? Hmm, isn’t that what he is accusing others of doing?

[afsnco]

...and the horse they rode in on.

[luckystarmom]

I don’t know if I would bend over backwards to be liked or appreciated. Maybe that’s part of our problem. I think we should bend over backwards to do God’s will. Who cares if people hate us.

Maybe we aren’t putting enough trust in God.

There are too many defeatist Christians around. Let’s focus put our focus on God.

I am just thankful that my own kids are not buying into today’s culture. We live in California, and my kids may be more conservative than me.

[ponygirl]

That makes sense then. I just always find it unusual that someone posting something that would usually get them zotted immediately has an account date of 1998. Not 2003 or 2005, or any other date. It’s always ‘98, as if seniority grants them some sort of privileges, which it does, because they usually get ignored rather than zotted. The new taxpayer-funded ACORN trolls are usually culled immediately.

[sakic]

I am not pro-homosexual but I prefer them to anyone who thinks concentration camps are the answer for them. This goes for the joker, too.

Taking a stand against something is a little different from advocating violence against people who annoy you.

I assume both of you are joking. At least I hope so.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, of course.

[ExTxMarine]

They won’t care if you like them, once they are wielding the power of goverent against you!!!

That was my point; many blacks act like complete rubes and they don’t care what you think because the government supports them over other people.

[Paradox]

Hi there, I am a 98er, and I made that comment, which I stand behind still. I am not a liberal troll or anything, my profile explains things fairly well.

When FR first started, there were a lot more of us who were less socially conservative than what is now the large majority. Many of those old timers were very well respected, and have unfortunately moved on. I am still here because I agree with 90% of what is said here, and I still find this to be the best place to get info on the news and the culture.

As for this topic, I think the only thing left to fight, and it is a BIG fight and one that should never be given up, is for the right of people, for ANY reason, to freely associate with anyone they want, or not too. This should be a basic human right, once which should never be given up, ever.

My comment is more along the line of "gay" acceptance. Nearly every poll out there shows more and more acceptance each day. I dont think there is anything we can do about that, but the right of people to NOT associate and "do business" with people they dont want to, thats a line I would never give up.