A post wh a very tertg qutn ught my attentn today. John Shore asked the qutn, "What would J do if ved to a gay weddg?" While he didn't directly answer as to whether J would attend, he did ponr as to whether he himself would attend or not.
Contents:
- SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
- SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?
- IS WRONG FOR A CHRISTIAN TO ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
- WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
- AS A CHRISTIAN, WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG? BY DAVID WALLACE | JUL 15, 2008A POST WH A VERY TERTG QUTN UGHT MY ATTENTN TODAY. JOHN SHORE ASKED THE QUTN, “WHAT WOULD J DO IF VED TO A GAY WEDDG?” WHILE HE DIDN’T DIRECTLY ANSWER AS TO WHETHER J WOULD ATTEND, HE DID PONR AS TO WHETHER HE HIMSELF WOULD ATTEND OR NOT.IT IS A VERY GOOD QUTN — ONE THAT WE AS CHRISTIAN ARE PROBABLY GOG TO HAVE TO FACE MORE AND MORE AS OUR WORLD NTU TO GROW DARKER.UNLS YOU LIVE A VE, YOU NO DOUBT HAVE A IEND OR ACQUATANCE THAT IS GAY OR EVEN FAY MEMBERS. PERSONALLY, I HAVE TWO LIVG FAY MEMBERS THAT ARE GAY (A THIRD IS CEASED) AND EVEN HAVE A FEW IENDS AND ACQUATANC THAT ARE GAY. I HAVE ALSO KNOWN QUE A FEW GAY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE BEE CHRISTIANS AND TURNED AWAY OM THEIR HOMOSEXUAL LIFTYL.SO SHOULD BE PRETTY EVINT THAT I DO NOT HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DO HATE THE S BUT VIEW AS ANY OTHER S (E.G., SLEEPG AROUND WHEN NOT MARRIED, ILLEGAL DG E, ABG ALHOL, LYG, ETC.). I ALSO MT NFS THAT I AM PREJUDICE AGAST THOSE WHO WANT TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD WH HOMOSEXUALY.THAT BEG SAID, I ASKED MYSELF THIS QUTN AND AFTER THKG OVER FOR A B, I’D HAVE TO SAY NO. HERE ARE MY REASONS.I WOULD NOT GO TO A GAY WEDDG IF VED ANYMORE THEN I WOULD ATTEND A PARTY WHERE PEOPLE ARE G ILLEGAL DGS OR ACPANY SOMEONE ON A SHOPLIFTG SPREE OR ATTEND AN Y… WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE. IF I BELIEVE HOMOSEXUALY IS A S (AND I DO), THEN I FEEL I WOULD BE NDONG THAT S BY TAKG PLACE AN EVENT THAT NOT ONLY APPROV OF THE S BUT CELEBRAT AS WELL.ALSO KEEP MD THAT A MARRIAGE CEREMONY IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE EXAMPL I MENTNED ABOVE. IT IS FACT A CELEBRATN OF TWO PEOPLE G TOGETHER TO LEGALLY M THEIR LIV TO ONE ANOTHER LOVE. WHEN YOU ATTEND A WEDDG, YOU ARE DOG SO TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT WH THE UPLE.YOU ALSO ENDORSE THE EVENT BY YOUR ATTENDANCE. HOW SO? REMEMBER THE PART OF THE CEREMONY WHERE THE MISTER (OR PERSON PERFORMG THE CEREMONY) ASKS THE QUTN, “IF ANY PERSON OBJECTS TO THIS UPLE BEG JOED MARRIAGE, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE”? IF YOU DO NOT SPEAK UP, GUS WHAT – YOU HAVE PUT YOUR STAMP OF APPROVAL OF THE UPLE’S UNN.IN JOHN’S ORIGAL POST, HE BATED WHETHER IS BETTER TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND DISPLAY GOD’S LOVE OR NOT ATTEND AND SENCE HI .THAT IS A GOOD POT AND WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD MAKE SURE WE ARE WH PEOPLE THAT DO NOT KNOW CHRIST SO WE N HAVE MORE OPPORTUNI TO SHARE HIM.HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT IF WE ARE GOG TO TLY REPRENT THE LORD J CHRIST AND HIS PURE GOSPEL, THE LE HAS TO BE DRAWN SOMEWHERE AS TO WHAT “EVENTS OF THE WORLD” WE AS CHRISTIANS ATTEND AND PARTAKE OF.I WOULD HAVE TO DRAW THAT LE WHERE A GAY MARRIAGE IS NCERNED. AND IF ONE OR BOTH OF THE PEOPLE GETTG MARRIED ARE MY IENDS OR FAY MEMBERS, THEY SHOULD RPECT MY RELIG NVICTNS THAT PEL ME NOT TO ATTEND JT AS MUCH AS I RPECT THEIR CISN TO BE A GAY LIFTYLE THE FIRST PLACE.WHAT DO YOU THK? WOULD J ATTEND? IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN READG THIS, WOULD YOU ATTEND? DAVID WALLACEDAVID WALLACE IS A SEARCH & SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETER WHO LIV AHWATEE, ARIZONA WH HIS LOVELY WIFE. INTERTS & HOBBI CLU CHRISTIANY, MICIANSHIP, ALL THGS DISNEY, AND ROLLER ASTERS TO NAME A FEW. FACEBOOKTWTERPTERTLKEDINSHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA (ADSBYGOOGLE=WDOW.ADSBYGOOGLE||[])({}); 21 COMMENTS
SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
Should a Christian attend the weddg of a gay uple? What factors should a Christian nsir if ved to attend a gay weddg? * christian invited to gay wedding *
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. 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.
SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?
Is Wrong for a Christian to Attend a Gay Weddg? - Trendg Christian blog and mentary on * christian invited to gay wedding *
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.
IS WRONG FOR A CHRISTIAN TO ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
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. 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.
WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG?
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? Based on this reasong, then, we might nclu that Christians should have no problem attendg a gay weddg, even if they do not agree wh .
I scribe my perspective as “postgay. But my heart wants to e alongsi my gay iends and celebrate the joy they have found. For eight years, his blog, An Exercise the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy, chronicled his journey out of homosexualy.
AS A CHRISTIAN, WOULD YOU ATTEND A GAY WEDDG? BY DAVID WALLACE | JUL 15, 2008A POST WH A VERY TERTG QUTN UGHT MY ATTENTN TODAY. JOHN SHORE ASKED THE QUTN, “WHAT WOULD J DO IF VED TO A GAY WEDDG?” WHILE HE DIDN’T DIRECTLY ANSWER AS TO WHETHER J WOULD ATTEND, HE DID PONR AS TO WHETHER HE HIMSELF WOULD ATTEND OR NOT.IT IS A VERY GOOD QUTN — ONE THAT WE AS CHRISTIAN ARE PROBABLY GOG TO HAVE TO FACE MORE AND MORE AS OUR WORLD NTU TO GROW DARKER.UNLS YOU LIVE A VE, YOU NO DOUBT HAVE A IEND OR ACQUATANCE THAT IS GAY OR EVEN FAY MEMBERS. PERSONALLY, I HAVE TWO LIVG FAY MEMBERS THAT ARE GAY (A THIRD IS CEASED) AND EVEN HAVE A FEW IENDS AND ACQUATANC THAT ARE GAY. I HAVE ALSO KNOWN QUE A FEW GAY PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS WHO HAVE BEE CHRISTIANS AND TURNED AWAY OM THEIR HOMOSEXUAL LIFTYL.SO SHOULD BE PRETTY EVINT THAT I DO NOT HATE GAY PEOPLE. I DO HATE THE S BUT VIEW AS ANY OTHER S (E.G., SLEEPG AROUND WHEN NOT MARRIED, ILLEGAL DG E, ABG ALHOL, LYG, ETC.). I ALSO MT NFS THAT I AM PREJUDICE AGAST THOSE WHO WANT TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD WH HOMOSEXUALY.THAT BEG SAID, I ASKED MYSELF THIS QUTN AND AFTER THKG OVER FOR A B, I’D HAVE TO SAY NO. HERE ARE MY REASONS.I WOULD NOT GO TO A GAY WEDDG IF VED ANYMORE THEN I WOULD ATTEND A PARTY WHERE PEOPLE ARE G ILLEGAL DGS OR ACPANY SOMEONE ON A SHOPLIFTG SPREE OR ATTEND AN Y… WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE. IF I BELIEVE HOMOSEXUALY IS A S (AND I DO), THEN I FEEL I WOULD BE NDONG THAT S BY TAKG PLACE AN EVENT THAT NOT ONLY APPROV OF THE S BUT CELEBRAT AS WELL.ALSO KEEP MD THAT A MARRIAGE CEREMONY IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE EXAMPL I MENTNED ABOVE. IT IS FACT A CELEBRATN OF TWO PEOPLE G TOGETHER TO LEGALLY M THEIR LIV TO ONE ANOTHER LOVE. WHEN YOU ATTEND A WEDDG, YOU ARE DOG SO TO CELEBRATE THE EVENT WH THE UPLE.YOU ALSO ENDORSE THE EVENT BY YOUR ATTENDANCE. HOW SO? REMEMBER THE PART OF THE CEREMONY WHERE THE MISTER (OR PERSON PERFORMG THE CEREMONY) ASKS THE QUTN, “IF ANY PERSON OBJECTS TO THIS UPLE BEG JOED MARRIAGE, SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE”? IF YOU DO NOT SPEAK UP, GUS WHAT – YOU HAVE PUT YOUR STAMP OF APPROVAL OF THE UPLE’S UNN.IN JOHN’S ORIGAL POST, HE BATED WHETHER IS BETTER TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND DISPLAY GOD’S LOVE OR NOT ATTEND AND SENCE HI .THAT IS A GOOD POT AND WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD MAKE SURE WE ARE WH PEOPLE THAT DO NOT KNOW CHRIST SO WE N HAVE MORE OPPORTUNI TO SHARE HIM.HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT IF WE ARE GOG TO TLY REPRENT THE LORD J CHRIST AND HIS PURE GOSPEL, THE LE HAS TO BE DRAWN SOMEWHERE AS TO WHAT “EVENTS OF THE WORLD” WE AS CHRISTIANS ATTEND AND PARTAKE OF.I WOULD HAVE TO DRAW THAT LE WHERE A GAY MARRIAGE IS NCERNED. AND IF ONE OR BOTH OF THE PEOPLE GETTG MARRIED ARE MY IENDS OR FAY MEMBERS, THEY SHOULD RPECT MY RELIG NVICTNS THAT PEL ME NOT TO ATTEND JT AS MUCH AS I RPECT THEIR CISN TO BE A GAY LIFTYLE THE FIRST PLACE.WHAT DO YOU THK? WOULD J ATTEND? IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN READG THIS, WOULD YOU ATTEND? DAVID WALLACEDAVID WALLACE IS A SEARCH & SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETER WHO LIV AHWATEE, ARIZONA WH HIS LOVELY WIFE. INTERTS & HOBBI CLU CHRISTIANY, MICIANSHIP, ALL THGS DISNEY, AND ROLLER ASTERS TO NAME A FEW. FACEBOOKTWTERPTERTLKEDINSHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA (ADSBYGOOGLE=WDOW.ADSBYGOOGLE||[])({}); 21 COMMENTS
I thk of my baptism when I nsir how Christians should rpond when they are ved to gay weddgs.
A cisn not to attend a same-sex weddg tak place the same universe as gay-bashg, bullyg, and the long grd of ntempt toward gay men and women. Eve Th, thor of Gay and Catholic, blogs at Patheos.