Once again, Obviously I have heard each side: the supposedly "right wingers" who are outraged at the possibility that 100000 bagillion years of marriage is going down the train, and the "left wingers" who are rejoicing at the possibility of getting the crazy upside down part of life many people call marriage... bahahaha okay so that was a little cynical and anyone can sense my frustration about this. As a Christian, I come from a standpoint that I feel many Christians are failing to realize, our job is to love, to be compassionate, we were not called to be political revolutionaries... We are to be like Jesus and Jesus was not called to be a political revolutionary. I do not feel like I have to put my beliefs on Marriage because guess what, it doesn't matter. Whether I believe in it or not, does not make the matter go away, become absolute or anything... but I can speak out and say that the way we as Christians are handling this idea is wrong.
We are called to love, and yes I wholeheartedly agree with the idea that we should be accountable for our actions and ministered with righteous judgement... but you cannot judge someone who is not already a Christian. That is beating a dog for not carrying you like a horse...and if we are called to love, and called to preach the gospel... this is not the way to go about it... condemning them already to hell with surefire brimstone and hell. and once again... if they are a christian how is screaming at them for thier sin any worse than the pride and false righteous indignation that people are having any better? I will be the first to say it isnt. Something needs to changein a big way, or we will see a dramatic decrease in the christian population; more so than we already have. Rachel Held Evans said it best when she wrote
"We are ready to lay down our arms.
We are ready to start washing feet instead of waging war."
We are ready to start washing feet instead of waging war."
This is what we are called to do. We are not called to be political revolutionaries, or vagilintes, we are called to be lovers of christ. Maybe we need to remember that ?