Friday, June 7, 2013

Inconsistency

I'm feeling uneasy about the inconsistency I see in the church's support of free speech in America. And, I think that inconsistency may give some "fuel" to the idea that Christians are "haters" to some degree. Here's my problem. I fully agree with the biblical view on homosexuality and marriage. And the right for someone to express that idea and support those organizations that agree with the biblical view. (And I hope that by God's grace I will never be embarrassed to believe and lovingly defend all that the Bible teaches.) But if I disagree with the attempt to censure his free speech through an economic boycott, isn't it then un-American for Christians to economically boycott businesses such as Home Depot that believe the opposite of what they believe and support organizations that support their views? Isn't that free speech, too? And isn't our inconsistency suggesting, at least, personal prejudice against the members of that group? Doesn't it legitimately look as if we are hiding "hatred" behind the First Amendment? And that perception would be devastating to the desire of Christ to bring all to repentance and salvation, would it not? Just "food for thought"--for you and me.

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