Attending is approval and compliance
actually, the question is the hurt to a loved one measured against your social conscience; which is more important...?
my niece married her partner last year: luckily, I wasn’t invited so didn’t have to make that choice. I sent a gift.
The question revolves around one’s willingness to use a loved one to make a cultural statement...
I would say that the homosexual lobby first turned these events into making a statement, therefore I have to stand on my conscience. If they hadn’t turned “tolerance” into acceptance and celebration, we wouldn’t be here. They already know where I stand on this issue, inviting me is trying to force me into taking a stance. Fine, I’m standing on the Bible.
And when NAMBLA starts pushing for their “equal rights”, I will stand on the Bible. When practitioners of bestiality start pushing for their “civil rights”, I will stand on the Bible. Everyone draws a line, the only question is where.
No, actually the question is the hurt to a loved one measured against my faithfulness to my Lord and Savior - and He made it very clear in Scripture which one is to come first.