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By not holding a funeral for this man, the pastor is showing a very unforgiving, judgmental attitude

BS. The pastor is doing exactly the right thing by recognizing that the deceased was not a Christian, and in fact was living in heresy and mockery of God, and thus had no business having his funeral in the Church. The pastor was defending his congregation, his church, his faith and his God as few have the balls to do these days.

It is weak-willed, mushy-headed people like you who enable the corruption of the churches. Thou shalt not be lukewarm

I must disagree that the pastor did the right thing here. I am as conservative as one can get theologically, but this is not the role of a minister to refuse ministering to those who weep. They were not asking him to accept homosexuality nor promote it. The man is dead. Churches minister to the grieving no matter what their background. Jesus ministered to sinners. He didn’t condone their sin, but He never refused to reach out to any that were hurting.

The Pastor’s refusal was a mistake. He had a chance to show God’s love to the living, to present the Gospel to the lost. It is not his job to condemn the dead - God is the one who judges, not us. Nothing this pastor does or doesn’t do will affect the dead man’s eternal destination, but what he does or doesn’t do will affect the living and their view of the love and mercy of God.

Had they made a focus of their son’s homosexuality and wanted the pastor to endorse it, that would be different. But, that is not the case as far as the information given in the article.

I sense your devotion to God and His holiness, and I pray that I strive for the same thing. We may not agree, but I felt compelled to give my view.