I will never get there, William.

 

William McKenzie has some words of advice for those who agree with him that homosexual marriage is a good thing. He says, "For those of us who support same-sex marriage, we should not castigate those who are not where we are -- and who may never get there."

 

How condescending is that? No, William, I won't ever get there. William goes on to ask, "If churches and the like are not breaking down barriers, creating a sense of wholeness in a fractured world, how will our larger society ever get past its deep polarities?" Wow, doesn't that sound intellectual? Unfortunately, I guess William never read that scripture that says, "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you." Or the one where Jesus taught about a great gulf that cannot be crossed between those who are obedient and those who are not. Or the one where Jesus separates the sheep from the goats.

 

William says that a society benefits when it chooses reconciliation over discord. Depends on the circumstances, William. God doesn't intend for us to compromise the Gospel. Or have you never read Paul's advice to Timothy: "Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables." Sounds like that's what's happened to you, William. You believe the fable that there's nothing wrong with perversion.

 

William again demonstrates his ignorance when he sums up his column of errors. "I don't raise these points to suggest all people of faith embrace same-sex marriage. But let us at least believe we are all beloved by God." I challenge you, William, to find one Christian who has said God hates homosexuals. Don't think you can do it. Yes, God loves homosexuals, and murderers, and those who commit incest, and false prophets who write op-ed columns that twist His word to make something evil sound like something good. But He doesn't accept their sin.

 

"Choosing to reject discord." The Dallas Morning News; April 2, 2013; p. 13A.