Am I an “inevitable-ist” — (“It’s going to happen no matter what!”)? Or am I a faithful prayer warrior? — Am I a “culturalist” — (“Whatever! Live and let live!”)? Or am I truly a “people of His own”? — Am I an “evangelist” — (“I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation….”)? Or am I merely a worried bystander?
Romans 1 defines widespread acceptance of homosexual behavior as a tipping point in a nation’s story. Using a threefold refrain, Scripture outlines God’s release of a nation to the consequences of its rebellion against Him:
“Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served something created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever. Amen.
“This is why God delivered them over to degrading passions. For even their females exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. The males in the same way also left natural relations with females and were inflamed in their lust for one another. Males committed shameless acts with males and received in their own persons the appropriate penalty of their error.
“And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong” (Romans 1:24-28).
I am certain that the attention of the Supreme Court’s nine justices, along with the rest of the country, will be focused on Grapevine, Texas, this week when the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) holds its annual meeting. At issue is whether the BSA will affirm its longstanding membership policy or bow to the pressure of political correctness by affirming homosexual behavior as an acceptable lifestyle.
In the 12 months since President Barack Obama announced his support for gay marriage during the run-up to the 2012 presidential election, six states have legalized gay marriage, bringing to 12 the number of states that have done so. In addition, a small cadre of Boy Scouts leadership has proposed a resolution to change its historic membership policy, and the Supreme Court has heard oral arguments about the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8, both of which define marriage as between one man and one woman.
With the onslaught of attacks to traditional marriage in 2013, it’s easy to lose sight of the 30 states that have adopted constitutional amendments defining marriage as between one man and one woman. It’s easy to forget that North Carolina became the 30th state to do so just one day before Obama’s announcement.
[Editor’s note: This article is incomplete. The source for this document was originally published on bpnews.net—however, the original URL is no longer available.]