I have spoken out many times about my beliefs regarding the harmful impact of abortion, euthanasia and the assault on natural/procreative family and marriage. Believe it or not, while I do take quite a bit of heat for my prolife ministry, I get more comments and attacks (personal and issue based) as when I speak about natural procreative family and marriage.
I am a Christian and as such I talk about what God and the Bible say about marriage and family. That is what I base my beliefs on, Christian values. And no matter how many times I say that I don’t hate homosexual people, that in fact, the Bible commands me to love them as I do every member of God’s family, I get accused of hating homosexuals and being anti-homosexual. Nothing can be further from the truth.
My Christian faith directs me to love all of God’s people – to pray for everyone so that we can all enjoy eternity with God. Just like I am for life and I fight for the right for all human beings to be conceived and born, I love all and pray for the salvation of all abortionists, their staffs and all those who have had abortions. So too do I love all and pray for the salvation of all who have same-sex attractions.
With that said, it seems that many more people are beginning to weigh in on the subject of same-sex marriage. First it was President Obama and then the NAACP both in support of same-sex marriage. And of course there were or are those who are commenting on their endorsement of same-sex marriage.
And then recently Brad Pitt’s mother, Jane Pitt, wrote an op-ed to Missouri’s Springfield New-Leader where she encourages Christian voters to prayerfully consider voting for Mitt Romney, although he is a Mormon, as opposed to casting a vote for “a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.”
I don’t know if Mrs. Pitt has been getting attacked for her stance on the subject but another well known company has. This past week I read an article in The Christian Post entitled “Chick-fil-A Called ‘Anit-Gay’ for Contributions to Pro-Marriage Groups”. Chick-fil-A, founded by Truett Cathy, runs the operation based upon Christian values. Their belief in natural procreative marriage simply means that they believe their Bibles, and fear God. The US Constitution guarantees Mr. Cathy and his organization that privilege. All Americans are entitled to religious freedom.
Truett feels so strongly about his Christian values that he made the decision when he opened his first restaurant that his restaurants were not going to be open on Sundays. He believes that it is important to let his employees have a day off to spend time with their families and friends and to worship if they choose to. Someone who is so rooted in his Christian faith would not then turn around and disobey God’s commandment to ‘love your neighbor as yourself.”
I am a Christians and am called by God to speak the truth, the truth as taught to me by God ‘s word. In church Sunday, our pastor, Allen McNair of Believers’ Bible Christian Church warned us not to vote for sin. I cannot be silent about sin. I must help my brothers and sisters see, hear and know the truth. I’m not perfect and there are times that others have to help me see the truth and I welcome their help. I don’t hate anyone, in fact I’m praying for you. Please, pray for me.
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