DOES GOD HATE HOMOSEXUALS? (4 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25
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Does God Hate Homosexuals? (4 of 6)
Series: Elephant in the Room
Scott Maze
Genesis 2:18-25
Thank you for joining for this important topic, provocatively titled, ''Does God Hate Homosexuals''? Two forces are colliding in the political and cultural landscape of our day: religious liberty and homosexuality ideology. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Thursday that freedom of religion is getting ''pushed out in the name of political correctness,'' and cited Christian organizations as examples of groups which have been silenced. ''Some Americans see religious liberty as code for discrimination,'' a reporter asked Spicer at a daily briefing last week. ''Can you comment, give us a sense of how the President views this tension?'' ''I think there is a line. I think people should be able to practice their religion, express their religion, express areas of their faith without reprisal. And I think that pendulum sometimes swings the other way in the name of political correctness.'' Sean Spice, White House Press Secretary
Lady Gaga mainly sang the choruses from her hit songs at the Super Bowl's halftime show but when it came to her 2011 hit, ''Born This Way,'' she again offered another clear message of acceptance by choosing to sing lyrics from a verse towards the end of the song: ''No matter gay, straight, or bi, Lesbian, transgendered life/I'm on the right track baby/I was born to survive.''
Religious Freedom and Homosexual Marriage
In Massachusetts, Catholic Charities was forced to give up its adoption services rather than, against its principles, place children with same-sex couples. In California, a U.S. District Court held that a student's religious speech against homosexual acts could be banned by his school as injurious remarks that ''intrude[s] upon the work of the schools or on the rights of other students.'' And again in Massachusetts, a Court of Appeals ruled that a public school may teach children that homosexual relations are morally ...
Series: Elephant in the Room
Scott Maze
Genesis 2:18-25
Thank you for joining for this important topic, provocatively titled, ''Does God Hate Homosexuals''? Two forces are colliding in the political and cultural landscape of our day: religious liberty and homosexuality ideology. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Thursday that freedom of religion is getting ''pushed out in the name of political correctness,'' and cited Christian organizations as examples of groups which have been silenced. ''Some Americans see religious liberty as code for discrimination,'' a reporter asked Spicer at a daily briefing last week. ''Can you comment, give us a sense of how the President views this tension?'' ''I think there is a line. I think people should be able to practice their religion, express their religion, express areas of their faith without reprisal. And I think that pendulum sometimes swings the other way in the name of political correctness.'' Sean Spice, White House Press Secretary
Lady Gaga mainly sang the choruses from her hit songs at the Super Bowl's halftime show but when it came to her 2011 hit, ''Born This Way,'' she again offered another clear message of acceptance by choosing to sing lyrics from a verse towards the end of the song: ''No matter gay, straight, or bi, Lesbian, transgendered life/I'm on the right track baby/I was born to survive.''
Religious Freedom and Homosexual Marriage
In Massachusetts, Catholic Charities was forced to give up its adoption services rather than, against its principles, place children with same-sex couples. In California, a U.S. District Court held that a student's religious speech against homosexual acts could be banned by his school as injurious remarks that ''intrude[s] upon the work of the schools or on the rights of other students.'' And again in Massachusetts, a Court of Appeals ruled that a public school may teach children that homosexual relations are morally ...
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