Posted on 08/16/2016 4:52:57 PM PDT by marshmallow
Florida Senator Marco Rubio told pastors during a conference on Rediscovering God in Orlando that loving gay people, instead of judging them, is a fulfillment of the teachings of the Bible, rather than something that goes against it.
"In order to love people you have to listen to them," Rubio said in his speech at the Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project, according to Breitbart News. "You have to understand their perspective, their hopes and their dreams and their fears and their pain."
Rubio ran for this year's Republican presidential nomination. He dropped out in March after failing to win his home state of Florida. He had decided to retire from the Senate this year, but changed his mind after hearing from Republican leaders concerned about losing control of the Senate.
Rubio insisted that he supports the traditional definition of marriage between one man and one woman, but urged Christians to understand why gay people feel angry and humiliated that some do not recognize their relationship as a marriage.
The Florida Senator also warned that those who preach that God condemns America because of gay people only add to the hurt and division.
"As if somehow, God was willing to put up with adultery, and gluttony, and greed and pride, but now, this is the last straw," he offered.
Rubio continued: "To love our neighbors, we must abandon a spirit of judgment. Do not judge or you will be judged. For in the same way you judge others you will be judged. And with a measure you use it will be used to measure you. And we should remember not to ignore the plank in our own eye."
He further insisted that "abandoning judgment and loving our LGBT neighbors is not a betrayal of what the Bible teaches, it is......
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Is it loving to tell a person who you know is on the road to Hell to keep on truckin?
He really is a fag, isn’t he?
If anyone causes one of these little ones--those who believe in me--to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
— Matthew 18:6,7
He’s gone from gay foam dancing to just gay?
How is this inconsistent with the longstanding “rule” “hate the sin, love the sinner”?
We all know where this is headed. Marco wants an Oprah-esque afternoon talk show (called “Marco!” of course), where he will hobnob with celebrities, discuss the issues of the day in an incredibly shallow manner, and be the idol of millions of under-employed people who watch television at 3 p.m.
Is Rubio even running for reelection?
Unfortunately yes.
We are all being faced evermore with increasingly bad choices. The trend does not look good.
I loved my alcoholic uncle. That doesn’t mean I approved of his lifestyle.
“Rubio insisted that he supports the traditional definition of marriage between one man and one woman, but urged Christians to understand why gay people feel angry and humiliated that some do not recognize their relationship as a marriage.”
Honest question: if a same gender relationship was truly a marriage in God’s eyes, why would they care whether anyone else recognized it as so or not? It takes a very unhappy and insecure person to want society and the government to punish someone for having a different opinion than them on this issue.
Rubio means to love homosexuality.
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