WAITING FOR AN AD

Following the US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriages in all fifty states, this past Sunday nineteen churches and synagogues, “Communities of Faith,” took out a full page ad in the Dayton Daily News. Its heading was “WE DO Support Marriage Equality.” Without delving in to the misconstrued, contorted use of “equality,” my first response was, “No. You don’t support marriage equality. You support what the Torah and the rest of the Bible labels sin, an affront to Creator God.” Convoluted hermeneutics and faulty exegesis aside, the Bible clearly reveals that God considers homosexuality as sin and a violation of His creative design. Millennia of Scripture readers drew no other conclusion. In the past any who chose to believe that such practice was acceptable left the faith or disregarded Scripture. Now, many claim to remain in the faith and redact, redefined and reassign the meaning of Scripture. These “communities of faith” do so under the guise of modeling “the spiritual values of justice, equality, hospitality, and peace,” a proof of their and “the Sacred”’s love. There is so much wrong with all that gobbledygook both rationally and theologically that there is no space here for response. I did wonder about something: Why do these “communities of faith” not take out full page ads headed with “We Do Support Adultery,” “We Do Support Thievery,” We Do Support Drunkenness.” Why not? All of these and more are classified and often listed together with homosexuality in Scripture as sins. Why support only one practice and not all? While they are paying for ads, why not one that says “We Do Support People’s First Amendment Rights To Voice Their Religious Beliefs.” No. These Churches are not for equality. Nor do they truly love. The ad audaciously included in its last line: “Where there is love, the Sacred is in our midst.” These churches appealed to their corrupt, misconceived idea of love to claim God’s approval of same-sex marriage. Do they really love? Not if they condone this the Bible says is sin. It was God’s love rooted in His holiness that compelled His prohibitions in Scripture against any sexual activity outside the bounds of a marriage of a man and a woman. As Creator, He knew what such activity as homosexuality would destructively do to the practicing individuals, family, children, and society. Supporters of same-sex marriage boast that they show love while claiming any who disagree are haters. I would venture that, if there were a hate meter and it were brought to the debate and protests, that it would register exponentially more hate coming from supporters than from opponents of homosexuality. It is dangerous to assign motives, but I could not keep from asking and surmising why bother? Why did these churches/synagogues bother to purchase the ad? Was it to appear superiorly enlightened compared with backwoods, primitive, antiquated churches that believe in the authority of the literal interpretation of Scripture? Was it to distant themselves from orthodox Christianity/Judaism in order to appeal to the supporters of same-sex marriage? No, I cannot accept the motive was love. If it truly is, I await an ad touting their love for same-sex opponents and support of their first amendment rights to declare their opposition.

WAITING FOR AN AD

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