Same Sex Marriage

“We can’t bless what God curses” — Responding to the Church of England (CofE) decision to “bless” same-sex unions while not marrying same-sex couples, author & theologian Lee Gatiss declares that “Christians should oppose this latest move by Church of England bishops.” Why? Gatiss claims “God curses” LGBTQ+ people and relationships. Recently, after years of deliberation, the…

Marriage equality not “a Lost Cause,” according to Pastor Keith Simon — Pastor and podcaster Keith Simon, writing for The Gospel Coalition, says anti-LGBTQ+ Christians have hope that, although North American society has mostly accepted marriage equality, some time in the future “some supporters of marriage equality will eventually come to see its consequences too.” He doesn’t go into details of his…

Nothing Biblical about this pastor’s definition of marriage — Same-sex marriage prevents human flourishing “What Should Christians Think about Same-Sex Marriage?” asks Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina, and associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, writing for Crossway. He goes on to attempt to explain why he thinks that there is a “connection between…

Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler (@RepHartzler) made a fool of herself as she shed bigot tears on the House floor and objected to the Respect for Marriage Act. Her nephew Andrew Hartzler (@andyhartzler) ripped into her. Anti-gay Republican Vicky Hartzler ripped by gay nephew

They believe men and women are fundamentally different — Why Not Same-Sex Marriage? Why on earth are conservative right-wing Christians so stubbornly against same-sex marriage? Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. asked this question recently in the Washington Post. It’s a good question that deserves a thoughtful response. Al Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, rambled on and on in a recent response…

Here’s why his question was more than merely offensive — So if there’s a Black Santa at the other end of the mall and he doesn’t want to have his picture taken with a child who’s dressed up in a Ku Klux Klan outfit, that Black Santa has to do that?— Justice Samuel Alito Back in the 1970s when my…