Another gay rights hearing last night

By: American Decency Staff

Written by Bill Johnson Another “gayâ€Â rights hearing  last night with a packed house of advocates.    Sadly, the Christians didn’t show up.  One local pastor and yours truly testified amidst all of those who verbalized support. Even a young man who introduced himself as an Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America) expressed support for the non-discrimination ordinance.  This despite the largely known reality the LGBT has repeatedly targeted the Boy Scouts due to their male exclusivity and their Judeo-Christian worldview. As the picture indicates, Mt. Pleasant (MI) City Hall was packed out with upwards of 200 people. And though there were certainly a number of Central Michigan University students, there were many gray-haired ones as well. When the organizer for those representing the homosexual backers asked for those in favor of “gayâ€Â rights to stand – virtually everyone stood up with a few exceptions. The organizers led by Central Michigan University professor Norma Bailey (Ph.d) were applauded by the Mayor for their fabulous job of organizing their supporters and standing together – filling the auditorium. http://themorningsun.com/articles/2012/02/27/news/doc4f4c44781ac31736646249.prt Mt. Pleasant Mayor Bruce Kilmer said, “I have never (seen it this full in here before). It was a standing room packed house. I was impressed with the community turnout and interest. He continued “I think that we’re going to take a look at (the proposed ordinance) from a practical point of view on enforcement and I think everybody agrees that we don’t want discrimination in our community. The question is to just how to practically work that into a city ordinance?â€Â Express your concern to this group of leaders in this important college town! Action link: https://americandecency.org/take_action_form.php?message=157 A short synopsis of my presentation: I related that my best friend in college began to show homosexual inclinations in his last years of college life as an undergraduate at Michigan State University (1968).  In a phone conversation with his brother I found out last year that he had had multiple sex partners and suffered a long period of time before dying of AIDS in 2001. I shared similar accounts of two other homosexual men who became Christians and then began to warn those who would listen that the homosexual lifestyle often involves hundreds and hundreds of sex partners.  They knew because this marked them.  David suffered long and died in the early 1990s as a young man in his early forties.  Michael contracted AIDS but with new medications continues to live.  Part of his testimony is that he attended many funerals of his former lovers and knows of no remaining “friendsâ€Â. I finished my five minute presentation with words from former U.S. Senate Chaplain Richard Halverson who wrote in his book (1986) “No Greater Power: Perspective for Days of Pressure Homosexuality is not the real threat. It’s a profound problem that deserves our serious attention, our concern and compassion.  But the threat is not in homosexuality as such. The real issue is not that people are “gay,â€Â but that the “gayâ€Â movement insists on promoting gayness as a legitimate lifestyle. This is the root issue, the cosmic issue throughout history: Calling good what God calls evil. It is the fundamental expression of human anarchy in defiance of God's moral order. It is the original temptation marking humanity's descent from God and authentic goodness. It is not enough that we transgress God's law. Humans must also reject the very idea of order – make immorality moral – sanctify sin. It is the futile human effort to escape guilt – the relentless, inescapable consequence of moral aberration. "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie… Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts,,, Men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion" (Romans 1:25-27). I believe in the sharing of this short presentation I have represented the concerns raised by these men whose lives have either been destroyed by AIDS and/or are still suffering. I would add here and, the politically correct crowd pushes on while leaders sadly fall in line at the eventual demise of this culture – once under the authority of a benevolent God but now in rebellion to His loving hand. Forward to friends – ===================================================================== To support our efforts please click here or mail your gift to American Decency Association (ADA), PO Box 202, Fremont, MI 49412. American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. To Unsubscribe send an email to: info@americandecency.org include word “unsubscribeâ€Â in subject line.

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