I would say that the homosexual lobby first turned these events into making a statement, therefore I have to stand on my conscience
come now...it’s highly unlikely a family member is getting married to make a political statement to the rest of the clan...everyone on here resolutely saying he/she would not attend, needs to answer the question of whether a clear social conscience trumps the loss of a family member’s love...
in an ideal world, the loved one should not put a family member in the position of making that choice, but ideal worlds don’t exist...
If they are homosexual, they are making a statement merely by having a “marriage” ceremony.
And yes, there are issues of conscience well worth hurting someone’s feelings-also known as “offending”-over. If it was easy, martyrs wouldn’t exist in history.
It’s not about “social conscience”; it’s about God. He has to trump everything else. I know in my soul I couldn’t attend a homosexual “wedding” (note my quotation marks...a ceremony between two people of the same sex is not a wedding at all, though you imply that it is).
You don’t know as much as you think you do about the nature of these folks. Some of them can be true tyrants, and yes, very often, they make their entire lives into political statements.
I have a friend whose sister decided she was a lesbian. She wields her chosen lifestyle as a weapon, all the time blackmailing her family. She threatened to cut them all off if they didn’t accept her girlfriend....if they didn’t attend their “wedding.” Unfortunately, they’ve caved in on all counts.
Clearly she’s willing to stop seeing her relatives in favor of her perverted relationship. If a family member tried that crap with me, her bluff would be called, I can tell you that truthfully.