Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Prop 8 - A Fairness Issue?

There has been a lot of talk about Proposition 8 and its relevance to "separation of church and state." Let me first begin with the history of that famous phrase.

Separation of Church and State is not in the U.S. Constitution. The phrase, "wall of separation between church and state" was first written by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to the Danbury Baptist Association in 1802. The phrase was never quoted again until the U.S. Supreme Court mentioned it in 1878, a long time after the Constitution was written, and they didn’t consider how it “applied” until 1947.
That being said, the Church (us) is called to show the love of Christ to all, including homosexuals, drunkards, prostitutes, addicts, etc. This does not mean we condone nor support their actions that God would deem sinful. However, there is a much bigger picture at work here. The “people have spoken” on this issue more than once and have stated with their vote that marriage is to be between one man and one woman. Even so, the government is now telling us that voting is pointless because it can all be simply washed away with the stroke of one judge’s pen. Is that the almighty democracy by which our country is known? Obviously not.
This is simply a stepping stone to the next step of arresting pastors under the charge of “hate speech” for teaching Romans, chapter one (as an example), wherein God clearly mandates that homosexual behavior is not acceptable. This type of arrest is already taking place in other countries.
Folks, I didn’t write the Book. There are plenty of things in there that I wish weren’t. But I have placed my trust and faith in the One who DID write it because He has an amazing track record of being right, being gracious, being loving… and being fair.
To ask the people to vote on an issue only to erase the results does not equate fairness in even the simplest form of the word.
Lastly, let us not forget that we are not to ever place our trust in a God-dishonoring government, but rather the true God of the universe who loves us so much that He sent His Son to pay a penalty that we could not pay. For us to mock Him for doing so by living a lifestyle and/or condoning behavior that is contrary to His word is definitely not… fair.

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