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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.

The job of the pastor is not to make people feel better, or prevent their tears, nor is it to facilitate whichever delusion people need in order to alleviate pain. His job is to help SAVE THEIR ETERNAL SOULS. Nothing else matters by comparison. NOTHING. Our tears and blood and broken bones are meaningless next to eternity. Our hurt feelings are nothing next to eternity. If saving your feelings from being hurt on this Earth pushes you farther from God, then bring on the pain! If a metaphorical slap in the face from the pastor makes them all cry, but reminds them and others of the way to God, then let it be a bitchslap so loud and mighty that it measures on the Richter scale.

If you think Jesus would have avoided telling the Truth - forcefully and directly - just to avoid some unpleasant feelings,then you didn't read the same Bible I did