Jars of Clay lead sger supports gay marriage – Baptist News Global

Contents:

• BAND MOV FORWARD AFTER GAY MARRIAGE FLAP
• DAN HASELTE, 'JARS OF CLAY' LEAD SGER, TWEETS SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• JARS OF CLAY SGER DAN HASELTE DISCS GAY MARRIAGE TWTER BACLE, BAND'S 20-YEAR LEGACY
• LEAD SGER OF JARS OF CLAY OUT SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE
• JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• JARS OF CLAY DAN HASELTE TALKS GAY MARRIAGE TWTER CONTROVERSY AFTER ‘12 YEARS A SLAVE’ [CHRISTIAN NEWS]
• JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
• JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER ANNOUNC SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• MICHAEL BROWN ANSWERS JARS OF CLAY LEAR’S PRO GAY MARRIAGE TWEETS
• JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

BAND MOV FORWARD AFTER GAY MARRIAGE FLAP

"Haselte explaed that he began thkg about gay marriage after he was ved to s a panel discsn on moral behavr and the church earlier this month as part of a mic ftival Atralia. The discsn turned to gay marriage, which he said he had "not given much attentn to" prevly. ' I re more about how says we should treat people, " and "Jt cur what 'ndong a persons homosexualy' do.

DAN HASELTE, 'JARS OF CLAY' LEAD SGER, TWEETS SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

"Or do the legalizatn of gay marriage actually unrme tradnal marriage and the biblil view of how we are lled to live our liv? "He explaed his thkg behd some of his tweets, cludg the "right and wrong" ment: "In my latt nversatn on Twter, I knew that the immediate rponse to qutns about the gay muny would be about whether gay sex was wrong or right.

JARS OF CLAY SGER DAN HASELTE DISCS GAY MARRIAGE TWTER BACLE, BAND'S 20-YEAR LEGACY

Is there a non-speculative or non "slippery slope" reason why gays shouldn't marry?

— Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 21, 2014 I jt don't see a negative effect to allowg gay marriage. The more gay unns, the ls natural procreatn, " one follower tweeted at the mician.

LEAD SGER OF JARS OF CLAY OUT SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE

The Christian Post's Crossmap blog chid Haselte wh this rponse: "Scripture also addrs homosexual behavr  both the Old and New Ttaments, warng that immoral sexual activy will lead to ath and eternal damnatn. — Chris Bolt (@clbolt) April 23, 2014 motive for this tweet ft is to unpack the polil posn that fights gay marriage.

— Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 22, 2014 tweetg scripture vers to settle my qutns of gay marriage isn't helpful.

JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

— Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 23, 2014 I have received so many great msag om gay Christians. — Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 24, 2014 So many gay upl display more lovg characteristics and healthy relatnship practic than most tradnal married upl.... You n read the rt Friday, Haselte announced on his personal se that his Twter nversatn on gay marriage had end, for now, part bee he was upset that the backlash agast his qutns had negatively impacted his Jars of Clay bandmat.

" But he also gave a lot of ntext for what started his Twter engagement the first place, ditg that he is not done wh the issue: If gay men and women were beg opprsed, not havg an opn the matter seemed equal to the acceptance of systemic racism by way of silence. NASHVILLE (BP) — Jars of Clay’s Dan Haselte’s tweet that many nsired to be support of gay marriage ntu to draw a variety of ments on Haselte’s blog and the group’s Facebook page. ”Durg the ncert, which clud selectns om Jars of Clay’s latt CD “Inland, ” Haselte ma ments that seemed to allu to the gay marriage ntroversy whout specifilly mentng .

”The ntroversy began nearly two weeks ago when Haselte began a Twter nversatn qutng whether the legalizatn of gay marriage unrm tradnal marriage and the biblil view of Christian nduct. Is there a non-speculative or non ‘slippery slope’ reason why gays shouldn’t marry?

JARS OF CLAY DAN HASELTE TALKS GAY MARRIAGE TWTER CONTROVERSY AFTER ‘12 YEARS A SLAVE’ [CHRISTIAN NEWS]

” Haselte sparked thoands of Tweets and Facebook posts om Christians accg him of supportg gay marriage, and posive ments om the LGBT muny. Haselte apologized for choosg Twter to discs the issue of gay marriage, and apologized for advertently volvg the band the ntroversy that the Twter nversatn, Haselte said he was motivated to qutn the biblil worldview of gay marriage after viewg “12 Years a Slave, ” based on the tobgraphil acunt of Solomon Northup, a ee black man om New York who was kidnapped and enslaved Louisiana 1841. Is there a non-speculative or non 'slippery slope' reason why gays shouldn't marry?

Is the argument born of isolated applitn of scripture or is bed wh the knowledge born of iendship wh someone who is gay?

I jt don't see a negative effect to allowg gay marriage. In stark ntrast, the Bible nmns all forms of homoeroticism (as is regnized by many gay scholars as well), while every sgle example of God-blsed marriage or romance tak place between a man and a woman.

JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

There is simply no parison between women's rights and sanctng homosexual, the argument agast same-sex "marriage" is based on the nsistent ttimony of Scripture, affirmed by Mos, J, and Pl, and is never ntradicted a sgle time om Genis to Revelatn. )Fourth, many of have gay iends or relativ, and our posns are motivated by love. But what do havg a gay iend or relative have to do wh unrstandg God and his Word?

Fifth, as articulated the books ced the first pot, above, there are many negative nsequenc to refg marriage, cludg: The asslt on the eedoms of nscience, speech, and relign of those who do not accept this refn; the tablishg of hoeholds that guarantee that a child will have eher no father or no mother; the transformatn of children's tn to clu the validatn of all forms of "marriage"; the ntued nstctn of genr distctns, leadg to all kds of societal nfn; and much, much is for good reason that gay activists have long clared that if they n refe marriage, the rt of their goals will evably be short, y, refg marriage clar a massive war on "tradnal marriage" (better amed as "te marriage" or "natural marriage") and y, leads to all kds of societal another way (and this is a qutn for you, Dan), Do you thk that God's orr for marriage and fay, tablished plaly the Word and regnized by virtually all societi history, n be thrown asi whout nsequenc?

JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER ANNOUNC SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE

You also asked, "Jt cur what 'ndong a persons [sic] homosexualy' do. Michael Brown is thor of Can You Be Gay and Christian? Rpondg Wh Love and Tth to Qutns About Homosexualy and host of the natnally syndited talk rad show The Le of Fire on the Salem Rad Network.

Dan Haselte (far right) faced a strong backlash on social media for his ments on gay marriage. Lead sger of US rock band Jars of Clay, Dan Haselte, has received wispread cricism om nservative Christians followg ments he ma on Twter about homosexualy and same-sex marriage.

MICHAEL BROWN ANSWERS JARS OF CLAY LEAR’S PRO GAY MARRIAGE TWEETS

Haselte sent a seri of tweets after watchg 2013 historil drama Twelve Years a Slave, drawg parallels between systematic racism and morn perceptns of homosexualy. "I jt don't see a negative effect to allowg gay marriage. This imagery evok the words ed by Held Evans a blog on April 1, which she exprsed a sire to create an open space for hont nversatn on tough theologil issu, cludg homosexualy.

— Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 21, 2014I jt don't see a negative effect to allowg gay marriage.

JARS OF CLAY LEAD SGER SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE

— Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 21, 2014Haslete then started to receive anti-gay rpons om his followers and engaged a discsn about the bate surroundg marriage equaly for same-sex! Re: gay marriage. "— Dan Haselte (@scribblepotem) April 22, 2014Haselte is still engagg wh his followers and havg an extremely thought-provokg nversatn about rights for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals and what the Bible has to say about the issu.