On Thursday, January 8, 2015 two articles were published on page A14 of the Orlando Sentinel that dealt with homosexual marriage. The first letter was a protest that the newspaper had been consumed with this topic and had given it much more attention than it deserved. He expressed the point rather humorously.
After four days of front-page coverage, plus additional commentary in section one and Scott Maxwell’s column on gay marriage, I’ve had enough. I don’t think the moon landing got this kind of coverage.
The worst thing is that his comments probably are not an exaggeration, as the ten people who still read the newspaper would probably attest (now this statement is hyperbole).
The article adjoining this one was a letter written by two lesbians, lamenting their past problems getting married. They have lived in Florida 19 years, own a house, work, vote, and pay taxes. They have also raised a son. They went to Vermont to be “married” in 2013, but now they are rejoicing that they could do the same in their home state.
The two women recount how defiant of the government they were in 2004, when “as an act of civil protest,” they went through a marriage ceremony though the Courthouse did not grant them a license. They write that they
ere married by our church (First Unitarian Church of Orlando) in a lovely ceremony attended by hundreds of our friends, family, press, and one lone protester.
All of this hype in favor of ungodliness merited a reply; so on January 11, 2015, I emailed the following response as a letter to the editor.
Now that homosexual marriage has been approved by the civil government and some women are reporting lovely weddings, perhaps it is time to consider a different perspective. Surely no one will mind if one voice of dissension is raised.
In all the euphoria of getting permission for homosexual marriage, what have adherents really won? They already had the Orlando Sentinel in their camp, running stories two or more times a week, chronicling the state of the issue. They already had the approval of the news and entertainment media, as well as the support of the mayor and the city council. They even had joyous permission from their man-made church that rejects the teachings of God.
What they don’t have—and never will—is Divine sanction. The Apostle Paul’s words have not changed since the first century. He wrote: “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchange the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful…” (Romans 1:26-27).
These are words by which God shall judge mankind.
Knowing that newspapers are usually reluctant to print Scriptures, I added the following condition: “No permission is given to use part of this letter. Unless Romans 1:26-27 is cited, none of it should be published. We shall see what they do with it, if anything. But whether they publish it or not is irrelevant; the point is that Christians need to be speaking up publicly and privately since it is obvious that the general public (which claims to believe in God) has very little idea of what the teachings of Christianity actually are.
One further comment is needed on the “one lone protestor” observation. Would it have mattered if the protestors had been 200 in number instead of one? Would that have stopped the “wedding” or changed the minds of the homosexuals and their sympathizers? No, they staged the “marriage” ceremony to protest current laws; would it have mattered if the vast majority of society were against them? It would not because “gays” do not care what the law, the social customs, or God has to say on the subject. Of course, now that society and the law support homosexuality, they will not hesitate to appeal to them, but they cared about neither of them previously.
As for the “lonely” protestor, Jeremiah felt pretty lonely as he preached God’s Word to a hostile crowd. Noah and the seven family members with him might have felt pretty lonely as the remainder of the world perished outside of the ark. Moses, Aaron, Joshua, and Caleb probably felt lonely with the entire nation of Israel opposed to them and on the verge of stoning them. God interceded on their behalf. So what’s the point of all these examples? Numbers have nothing to do with being right. Jesus said the majority of people are on the broad way that leads to destruction (Matt. 7:13-14).
So, homosexuals can rejoice in their victories and mock those who stand for righteousness—in this world. But on the Day of Judgment, their glibness shall give way to mourning. They and all those who propped them up and constantly gave their own personal assurances to them shall be held accountable for choosing corruption over Christianity. The only true friend the homosexual has is the Christian who will proclaim the truth of God and let him know where he actually stands with God. Only then will he have the opportunity to repent.
Why doesn’t Jesus tell any who is in heaven speaking with Him that denominationalism is sinful and that He only established one church (Matt. 16:18; Eph. 1:22-23)? Why don’t people return from the dead with an evangelistic fervor and an emphasis upon truth? Why is there no passion to spread the Gospel when Jesus taught the urgency of such before He ascended into Heaven (Matt. 28:18-20)? These are things worthy of thinking about when evaluating what sincere people are telling us. When studying with someone who has had such an experience, these are appropriate things to have them contemplate.