I don't talk about stuff like this much on here, but this story worries me, and it should worry any Christian worth their salt: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/nm-court-says-christian-photographers-must-compromise-beliefs.html
You can read the story, but the gist of it is a Christian photographer couple refused to photograph a gay wedding and it has been ruled in New Mexico that Christians cannot refuse to do that.
There have been other cases: A Christian owned t-shirt company was asked to print t-shirts for a gay pride parade event. The owners refused. That one may still be up in the air. Another case where a Christian bakery was asked to make a wedding cake for a gay wedding and refused and faced backlash.
This may be surprising since I am gay and not professing any Christian experience right now, and a big part of me wishes I could have a relationship with another guy...... but these people shouldn't be forced to comply. Homosexuality is a sin, and gay marriage is a mockery of what God intended marriage to be....... yes, heterosexuals have made a mockery of marriage with divorce, shacking up, and abortion, but it still remains God does not sanction marriage between 2 people of the same gender, and a Christian should not have to do anything to help gay marriage or gay causes.
Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot: A gay business owner asked to bake a cake, make a t-shirt or some other thing with a anti-gay message on it. Do you think they'd do it? No way, and the liberals and law would line up with them.
I was talking to my brother-in-law about this stuff the other night, and I made somewhat of a prediction that I'll stand by: I believe one of the first ways Christians are going to face persecution in America is going to be on the gay issue. It is becoming more and more accepted and people who dare speak against it and fight the agenda will not be tolerated. If we continue on the way we are on, pastors will face fines and imprisonment for not marrying gay couples, and the list of possibilities go on.
And we have done it to ourselves. We have sat back and let the entertainment industry become godless and push their agenda which the gay agenda has become part of. Too many Christians have voted for the wrong candidates from the lowest level up to the president of the US and voted for people who stand against everything we hold dear, and we will reap that, unfortunately.
We are fast becoming more and more godless, and those who truly stand for God and His word will be the minority. I know people who claim to be Christians who cheer on the gay causes already.... how long will Christians stand for what is right when we are already caving on this issue the Bible so clearly says is a sin, an abomination..... and yes, even though I deal with the gay crap, I am concerned, and we all should be.
1 comment:
Good post, brother. I believe you're completely correct. Persecution is coming. I believe it will get worse before it gets better. However, I also believe (and know, from personal experience) that God is in control. He will sustain us in every way needed when we suffer for Him.
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