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Editorial See other Editorial Articles Title: Gay Marriage, Beastiality, and Red Equal Signs Lately, if you turn on the news or open up your Facebook feed, all youll see are red equal signs. While I dont support gay marriage, I try to think of this from the other side sometimes, and put myself in the shoes of those red-equal-sign-flaunting folk. I think to myself, Ok, lets pretend Im not a Christian. I dont believe that God is the Creator and the authority over all. I dont believe that what He says about homosexuality in the Bible is true. Heck, I dont even believe He exists. So, lets pretend, for a moment, Im that person (or some variation of that person). Maybe Id feel embarrassed that I didnt see many other same-sex couples on the streets. Maybe Id be hurt that passersby would scoff at me if I held my partners hand. Maybe Id feel marginalized and cast down. I get that. John 1:5 says, The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. If youre not living in the light of knowing Christ, you are not going to understand a Christians worldview. So, I can find compassion in my heart for the gay community of non-Christians who feel ostracized. They dont see anything wrong with what theyre doing, so they feel unjustly exiled. I feel for these people and I really wish that Christians did a better job at loving people, as we are called to, rather than spewing judgement and condemnation. But, were in a little bit of a pickle right now. Im afraid that the gay community is being very short sighted in their fight for these equal rights. On his show, last night, Mark Levin posed the question: Which is more important liberty or equality? His very question implies the underlying truth that you cant have both. You cant have equality for all people, living by all sorts of moral standards. Equality for gays means death to religious freedom. It means no equality for parents who want to raise their children to believe that the Bible is the Word of God. I mean, all you have to do to understand the flaw in this equality argument is take it a step further. Lets talk beastiality. There may be a community of people who truly believe that it is holy and beautiful and right to marry and have relations with animals. You might think, Who cares what someone does in their bedroom? Doesnt affect me! Ok, so maybe a persons private choices wont affect you, but they will MAJORLY affect you if the federal government gets involved and starts telling you that beastiality is normal and acceptable therefore telling you that if you dont run your business and raise your kids in a way that tolerates it, youre a hate-monger. Ive written several times before about my opinion that the government needs to get out of the business of marrying people and that this would solve our national problem. This view has angered many Christian readers who tell me that the Bible says homosexuality is an abomination (which it does) and that Im not defending Gods holiness by not fighting against gay marriage. First off, I AM against gay marriage. I just think that America will continue having these major problems until the government shrinks. I differ in my SOLUTION, not in my views of morality. Listen, I am often in awe of Gods holiness, as all who see the Light are. I desperately seek to live blamelessly in a way that gives Him glory. I know I fail all the time (even in my political opinions, probably), but I choose to attempt a Holy lifestyle because I believe I am serving a Holy God and I want to please Him. When I say that I cant hold a gay non-Christian to my moral standard, its not because I think theres no ultimate truth and everything is relative. Its because Im not that persons Holy Spirit. There is FOR SURE a time to call out sin and be outraged by it. But, when I read the Bible, I see that Jesus has called me to spread the Gospel, i.e. the Good News. I cant spread the Good News effectively if Im set out to condemn the sins of those who live in the dark. My first goal should be to help people see Jesus. Once they do, the Holy Spirit will do His job in convicting them of their sin. If they continue to live in sin, once they have trusted Him, then yes Matthew 18 tells me to confront them. But, saying God hates you! isnt going to show anyone the Light of the Gospel. Its going to turn them away from it. I dont believe that the people with red equal signs as profile pictures are the enemy. I believe that they are believing a lie from the enemy that there is no ultimate truth and that everyones idea of morality is acceptable in the eyes of God. With this understanding, my goal isnt to rid the internet of red equal signs. My goal is to point people to the One who will change their heart. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
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No one should ever say "God hates you" to anyone. He loves the one being condemned as much as he does the one doing the condemning. We are, insofar as possible, to speak the truth in love and if we do that we have done our duty. The rest is God's business.
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