Posted on 06/29/2017 8:21:08 AM PDT by HokieMom
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Resistance and opposition to same-sex marriage has been crumbling among Americans — save for one specific segment of society that’s proving the last wall to even wider acceptance: Evangelicals.
This is not entirely unexpected. But it is uncomfortable. It puts those of most serious faith in a heated spotlight that can be used by the left to showcase the evangelical Christian crowd as discriminatory, as hate-filled, as antithetical to the core values of America.
Standing strong on this point is not only going to prove lonely.
It’s also going to prove a real test of faith — and conversely, a real opportunity to serve Jesus. Look at what’s been going on with the acceptance rate for same-sex unions in the United States, post-Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court case that put the kibosh on states’ rights and voters’ wills to decide which way to
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It will be interesting to see if the usual suspects ever try to browbeat Muslims and mosques in America over this issue. I would not want to be the judge who tries to force this practice on the Muslims (or work in his courthouse).
Among true Christians it is not a matter of holding out; it is non-negotiable. There’s nothing to talk about.
Nobody said following the Narrow Way would be easy. In fact Our Lord told us we would be hated for being faithful. But hated or not to remain faithful will result in hearing the words, 'Well done good and faithful servant!'on that last day.
As a long-time member of an evangelical church, I get it.
Not to be contrary, but the Catholic, Orthodox, fundamental, and charismatic churches also reject homosexual marriage.
Yes, that’s what I was thinking. There is still a remnant and it’s larger than the evangelicals.
Between gay marriage and abortion for non-Muslims, how low before Muslims have the majority vote?
How would you distinguish fundamentalist from evangelical?
True and so do orthodox Jews, Muslims, Mormons...traditional African and Chinese family religion...
I’m so sick and tired of these negative-nilly articles. Writers like this offer up nothing positive and uplifting. There’s never any good news for religion. Sometimes it makes me actually want to commit suicide.
Most Roman Catholics and many Orthodox will vote against Protestants and Republicans, because of perceived slights from a hundred plus years ago.
Many Catholic bishops will carve out a deal rather than stand on principle. They are not counted as part of the opposition, because most of the Catholic church in Europe has caved.
[[But hated or not to remain faithful will result in hearing the words, ‘Well done good and faithful servant!’on that last day.]]
True- but in the meantime we’ll also hear the words “You are under arrest for practicing Christianity in public- and for not complying with gay marriage”
Catechism of the Catholic Church
| 2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. |
I believe that day is approaching. We've probably been given a small reprieve with President Trump's election but that is definitely the direction the general culture and the political left are heading in.
You may have something else going on that you might want to consider discussing with somebody
Voting statistics say something quite different.
Catholics have always opposed homosexuality. Call it like it is.
Mat 21:28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’
Mat 21:29 The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway.
Mat 21:30 Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go.
Mat 21:31 “Which of the two obeyed his father?”
So, you have the official doctrine, but if it is not being followed.............................
This is not complicated. Either the Bible is the word of God or it is not - either God never changes or He does - either the Bible says same-sex relationships are a sin or it does not.
‘nuf said!
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