Reports of new church policies re: same sex couples and children

[NonDeviant]

3 hours ago, unixknight said:

They are gambling that our desire to not alienate people in our lives will outweigh our desire to stand up for what's right.

Sadly, in many cases it's a successful gamble.

I believe this is the case in my extended family situation.  There are so many that bend over backwards to please others, and want everyone to be happy. Since i did not extend a hand of fellowship to the new part of this family, I am somehow the one that is wrong. There is a lot of pressure to be tolerant towards these kinds of situations. The more we show tolerance towards sin, the easier it is to condone it.

[unixknight]

1 hour ago, NonDeviant said:

There is a lot of pressure to be tolerant towards these kinds of situations. The more we show tolerance towards sin, the easier it is to condone it.

And the thing is, we can be tolerant without endorsing it.  It's one thing to accept that this person wants to live that way.  It's an other thing entirely to participate in it.

If one of my kids goes gay, I won't disown them.  If they want to bring their boyfriend/girlfriend over to have dinner, they'll be welcomed.  I won't attend any weddings, however, and I wouldn't allow them to share a bedroom if they were staying with me.  Everybody draws the line somewhere different, but that's fine as long as we have a sense of the difference between tolerance and enabling.

[Guest]

This policy has effected exactly zero people that I know.