SCOTUS To Rule Definitively
A recent news item in World Magazine (Aug. 23) makes this comment about gay marriage laws: “A federal judge struck down Colorado’s voter-approved gay marriage ban saying it was unconstitutional. Judge Raymond P. Moore temporarily stayed the ruling, though, giving the state time to appeal to the 10th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. That’s the same court that earlier this summer struck down traditional marriage laws in Utah and Oklahoma. Both of those rulings are on hold, however, waiting for the U. S. Supreme Court to rule definitively on the issue.”
It saddens all of us that our country is turning its back on the God of heaven. I look forward to hearing the Supreme Court decision, when it does rule. I’ll go on record believing it will be a 5-4 ruling allowing states to make their own laws, arguing that marriage is such a fundamental bedrock of society that states (the “laboratories of democracy”) have the right to define such as they see fit. Of course, I could be wrong.
But, the Court cannot rule definitively that homosexuality is equal with heterosexuality because they are obviously not.
When the SCOTUS rules, it will not change what God’s word says on the subject. It will not change how the church should view and help homosexuals control their sinful urges. While in Paris, I was visiting a family and invited the grandson to visit worship. He told me he would not be welcome there. I asked why not. He said, “Because I’m gay.” I acknowledged that the Bible says we can’t go to heaven practicing that behavior but we would be glad to have him visit worship anyway. Perhaps due to my response, he did visit maybe a year later. He was welcomed by most people, just as they welcomed all visitors.
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The SOCTUS ruling will not change the message of the Gospel nor will it stop the spread of the Gospel. The Roman Empire allowed homosexuality but it fell and the Gospel triumphed as Christ’s church grew and multiplied.
A SCOTUS ruling for the constitutionality of homosexual marriage may sign the death-warrant for the United States of America but it will simply reiterate the need you and I have to spread the message of Jesus Christ. We are not against homosexuality indiscriminately. We are against homosexuality because God said it is wrong and one cannot come into his presence practicing it (1 Cor. 6:9-10).
Keep calm and preach the Gospel.
–Paul Holland
