Should a Christian attend the weddg of a gay uple? What factors should a Christian nsir if ved to attend a gay weddg?
Contents:
- WAG UNTIL MARRIAGE: GAY CHRISTIANS NAVIGATE FAH AND SEXUALY
- 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
- SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
- U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CHRISTIAN BAKER WHO REBUFFED GAY UPLE
- GAY UPLE ACCED OF RAPG SONS, FILMG ABE ED CHRISTIAN ADOPTN AGENCY: REPORT
- HOW SHOULD THE CHURCH LOVE A GAY COUPLE? (PART 2)
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- J AFFIRMED A GAY UPLE.
WAG UNTIL MARRIAGE: GAY CHRISTIANS NAVIGATE FAH AND SEXUALY
The Prbyterian Church (USA) officially regnized gay marriage this week. * christian gay couple *
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3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
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SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday hand a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado baker who refed based on his Christian beliefs to make a weddg ke for a gay uple, stoppg short of settg a major precent allowg people to claim relig exemptns om anti-discrimatn... * christian gay couple *
This is more than mere relig happy talk — ’s tth whether one is gay, straight, or otherwise. J wasn't silent on homosexualy.
U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CHRISTIAN BAKER WHO REBUFFED GAY UPLE
Some claim J never said anythg about homosexualy and therefore is ntral on the topic. Author Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story of turng om homosexualy and fdg wholens a new inty Christ.
GAY UPLE ACCED OF RAPG SONS, FILMG ABE ED CHRISTIAN ADOPTN AGENCY: REPORT
In Gay Girl, Good God, thor Jackie Hill Perry shar her own story of turng om s and fdg wholens.
Jackie grew up fatherls and experienced genr nfn which led her to embrace masculy and homosexualy as her inty.
First, a word of enuragement: if you are the kd of iend that a gay uple would ve to their weddg, then you are probably dog somethg right. Homosexualy is jt one of many ss listed 1 Corthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person om the kgdom of God. Some would ntend that a Christian should have no qualms about attendg a gay weddg and that one’s prence at a gay weddg do not necsarily dite support for the homosexual liftyle.
HOW SHOULD THE CHURCH LOVE A GAY COUPLE? (PART 2)
The problem is that a gay weddg is a celebratn of two people who are livg a liftyle that God clar to be immoral and unnatural (Romans 1:26-27). “Marriage should be honored by all” (Hebrews 13:4), but a gay weddg dishonors marriage by pervertg s meang. Unlike weddgs of those other fahs, a gay weddg do not qualify as a marriage, acrdg to what God clar marriage to be.
A gay unn is not a marriage God’s ey.
Suppose a Christian uld attend a gay weddg and somehow munite clearly that he is supportg only the dividuals gettg married and not their liftyle. There is no way around the fact that a gay weddg ceremony is a celebratn of s.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
In the same way, we support a homosexual iend by helpg him out of the liftyle, not by signg a gut book at a celebratn of homosexualy.
J AFFIRMED A GAY UPLE.
It is good to seek opportuni to wns to and show kdns and love to our gay iends. However, such motivatns are misguid when to attendg a gay weddg. If ved to a gay weddg, is our nvictn that a believer J Christ should rpectfully cle.
A gay weddg is not an issue the Bible explicly addrs. There fely is no “you shall” or “you shall not” God’s Word regardg attendg a gay weddg. Based on the reasons and prcipl listed above, we nnot envisn a scenar which attendg a gay weddg would be the right thg to do.
Should a Christian attend the weddg of a gay uple?