May 17, 2008

In Brazil, It's Sponsored by the Government

Christians in the US are rightly concerned with this-week's ruling allowing "gay marriage" (that whole concept is somewhat of an oxymoron, if you ask me). However, it is quite a step from the government allowing marriage between sodomites and openly sponsoring and promoting the sodomite lifestyle.

Below is a translated portion of the linked article:

The Minister of Culture launched an offensive in order to promote manifestations against homophobia and in favor of the valuing of the identy of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transvestites, and transsexuals.

Understand that this is not a "live and let live" incentive. The attitude here is "you will accept this or else". In case there was any doubt about that, the following line makes it crystal clear.

The fist is the Concourse of Support for GLBT Pride Parades. This initiative is aimed at cities where the movement does not yet exist, and will complete a project for financing in every state and in the federal district.

It is clear that the "gay rights" movement is much more advanced here than in the US. Therefore, those who have bought the line that practitioners of sodomy "just want the same rights as everybody else" should take a lesson from this. They want much more than that. Brazilian churches narrowly escaped being required by the government to accept employees who were openly practicing the sodomite lifestyle. I am not sure they will escape next time around.

A couple observations:

1. As Abraham Piper pointed out in a recent post on his blog, we must not become so obsessed with the pro-sodomy movement that we ignore sins that are much more prevalent even in Christian churches, or the sins in our own lives. These are equally abhorrent to the God we serve, and must be fought at every turn. We must be just as ruthless at rooting out sin in our own lives as we are in denouncing sin in the world.

2. I am becoming more and more of the opinion that when persecution comes, it will come from the direction of the pro-sodomy movement. They are doing a pretty good job of casting us as intolerant, and it is easy for people to be intolerant of those who are intolerant. As Tom Lehrer so aptly observed in one of his parodies, "I know there are people who do not love their brother, and I HATE people like that." We as Christians need to be consistent in calling sin what God calls sin, and we need to be ready for the consequences.

Posted by Andrew on May 17, 2008 5:52 PM.