ChristianMgle Opens Doors to Gay Sgl Unr Settlement - WSJ

Contents:

• GAY CHRISTIAN MGLE: A STORY OF LGBT SEND ADOLCENTS
• CHRISTIANMGLE FORCED TO ADM THERE ARE GAY CHRISTIANS LOOKG FOR LOVE
• CHRISTIANMGLE NOW ALLOWS GAY DATG, AFTER A LAWSU
• CHRISTIAN MGLE NOW PERMS GAY MATCHMAKG, AFTER SE
• CHRISTIANMGLE OPENS DOORS TO GAY SGL UNR SETTLEMENT
• CHRISTIANMGLE WILL MAKE BIG, PRO-GAY CHANGE AFTER LAWSU

GAY CHRISTIAN MGLE: A STORY OF LGBT SEND ADOLCENTS

more than 1 ln webse has also ma possible for gay Christian datg, givg even more people the chance to enjoy a God-centred relatnship.

The lawsu was filed 2013 by two gay men agast Spark Networks, Inc., the datg se’s owner. The lead platiffs, two gay men who tried g , claimed that the limed optns vlated California’s anti-discrimatn law.

” Spark Networks agreed that wh two years, would adjt other searchg and profile featur to give gay and lbian sgl a more tailored experience. Is gay rights about equal rights or special rights?

CHRISTIANMGLE FORCED TO ADM THERE ARE GAY CHRISTIANS LOOKG FOR LOVE

45 sends, a search for “gay datg se” on Google returns approximately 3. Bible-believg Christians note that there are multiple referenc to homosexualy eher the Old or New Ttament. A qutn to self-proclaimed gay Christians: Where is homosexual behavr ever held a posive light, pleasg, praised, or emed a sirable practice acrdg to the Bible, our playbook?

On the ntrary, homosexualy is scribed as unnatural, an error, shameful, and grounds for not enterg Heaven, along wh many other ss.

CHRISTIANMGLE NOW ALLOWS GAY DATG, AFTER A LAWSU

It is wh the Christian’s right not to engage liberal theologil disput on Bible translatns and terpretatns purposed to fd homosexualy loophol. ” Did God really mean to avoid homosexualy?

It is wh the Christian’s right to believe the Spir of the Word, not jt a sgle scripture, to base his or her beliefs that homosexualy is a s for which J Christ died, and fivens and a new life is available to all who repent and are born aga. Bee those who live an unrepentant gay liftyle mand so?

CHRISTIAN MGLE NOW PERMS GAY MATCHMAKG, AFTER SE

Bee the LGBT muny ntends that the mere act of holdg or exprsg the beliefs is an act of homophobia and hate? “Not only will you stop reprentg what the Word of God says about homosexualy your bs, your bs WILL acmodate and be supportive of our liftyle – or we’ll make you pay. Perhaps the entire 6th chapter of 1 Corthians is ignored or explaed away – as speaks agast homosexualy and lawsus between Christians.

One n only wonr how many gay datg s have been sued for not acmodatg heterosexual sgle match. As a gay Christian, he felt ught between two worlds.

The experienc n lead LGBTQ Christians to feel “eher too gay for Christian spac or too Christian for gay spac or queer spac, ” Evers told Relign News Service. RELATED: Calv Universy’s first openly gay stunt body print pav a path. Spark Networks agreed to pay the legal fe and $9, 000 to each platiff and mted to adjt their servic over the next two years to give “gays and lbian sgl a more tailored experience.

CHRISTIANMGLE OPENS DOORS TO GAY SGL UNR SETTLEMENT

Kate Shellnut of Christiany Today wrote, “Advot for tradnal marriage nsir the ChristianMgle lawsu settlement an gement on relig liberty, groupg the cisn wh broar societal and legal prsure on those opposed to gay marriage. Two gay men cid that there simply weren’t enough gay datg webs on the ter, and sued …” The ncern that almost all nservative mentators have brought up light of this lg is that the relig liberti of nservative Christians who believe so-lled “tradnal marriage” are unr attack. The lawsu agast ChristianMgle had ltle to do wh gay men cidg that there “weren’t enough gay datg s on the web.

If the former, then we mt be okay livg a society where discrimatn is acceptable, where shop owners place signs their wdows sayg “No Gays” or “No Mlims” allowed. In fact, where I grew up wasn't until my junr year of high school that I heard someone expla 'gay' as more than jt a kd of kky sex act. ) It n be argued that much of what I was tght about sexualy transcends where any of happen to land on the orientatn spectm and I've ed been able to see a lot of overlap between what meant to be "straight" and what means for me to be gay but I thk s safe to say there are at least a few distctns when to sexual dynamics wh homosexualy vers heterosexualy.

Although secular social science has ma great advanc when to providg LGBT sexual tn rourc many gay Christians fd this hard to pletely intify wh bee they still mata their re beliefs about the sancty of one's sexualy and aren't sure of s role jt chang bee they have e to see their orientatn as a good thg. I'd like to believe though that as both the Church and society overe their historil bend toward homo/trans-phobia, rourc will bee creasgly available for LGBT young people both of and not of fah to beg their journey of toward exprsg their sexualy a healthily, life-givg way. Further, I'd like to believe that we're g to an era where there are multiple available role mols and adult mentors who provi helpful voic how one gay "dat and mat" a way that n still be distguished as Christian.

CHRISTIANMGLE WILL MAKE BIG, PRO-GAY CHANGE AFTER LAWSU

Nearly three years after two gay men filed a class-actn lawsu agast Christian datg webse, the Los Angel-based pany has agreed to let s members seek out same-sex partners, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The judge also orred Spark to pay $9, 000 to each of the two platiffs who brought the su, addn to verg the full $450, 000 attorneys fe curred by the gay men. "I am gratified that we were able to work wh Spark to help ensure that people n fully participate all the diverse market plac that make our untry so special, regardls of their sexual orientatn, " Dubey said a ChristianMgle's home page currently asks only for the member's bary genr (male or female), a search of the se's "help" page at prs time for the words "gay, " "same-sex, " "lbian, " or "bisexual" all returned no rults.