[Harry Rex Vonner]

Wrong. As Harry has so rightly pointed out, homosexuals are not gentle and timid folk who just want to be left alone. They are a militant force seeking to legislate and litigate the rest of us into submission. Now that it has started, it will never be over. Though they could never have converted me to their point of view, that being an acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle as a perfectly normal alternative to God's own institution of marriage, I have none the less been compelled to accept it by no less than the Supreme Court. Whether I like it or not a certain amount of my tax dollar will now be used by my federal government to foster the homosexual lifestyle.

And as far as Churches are concerned I firmly believe homos will be coming after them too. Just as in the case of the Mondale and Ferraro platform, calls will go forth to ensure a certain number or percentage of Pastors, Sunday School teachers and even Church administration will be homosexual. Further, preaching and teaching the Biblical perspective on the sin of homosexuality will likely fall under hate speech or hate crime laws thus, failure to comply to the proper level of government sanctioned compromise along those lines will no doubt result in that particular Church's loss of state and federal tax exemptions.

What the SCOTUS has ruled legal must be adhered to by all. So that being the case, what will your particular Church tell the first gay couple that comes to demand a traditional Church marriage to be performed in your sanctuary by your very own Pastor? This will get sticky in a hurry.

FWIW, Christians have chosen to take most of this stuff laying down now for decades. Now however as in countless examples of historical Biblical accounts, since God's people have been a no-show every round, He has seemingly ordained that the fight be fought on the doorsteps of the Church. We will answer the bell one way or the other.

Very insightful post. Everything TheRealThing has posted, particularly in regard to the inaction of Christians, is absolute truth. We Christians brought all this on ourselves. Week after week, Christians attend church and preachers continue to preach all these platitudes that give another good history lesson but have nothing to do with the real and decaying world around us. It is fine to learn all this seminary rhetoric but, in doing so, we are not addressing the world we live in and the attacks that Christianity faces today.

I've heard dozens of sermons on the trials of St. Paul in prison. I've heard literally hundreds of sermons on tithing (a particular favorite of preachers). However, I've never heard a strong sermon on the abominations we face in the world today- abortion, militant homosexuality, etc.- and the need for Christians to actively step up and fight the evil. Preachers are too concerned about offending some good liberal or good Democrat who may tend to place greenbacks in the collection plate. They would never admit it but far too many of them are more concerned about healthy finances than in a healthy spirit. Thus, they straddle the line so as to not offend anyone.

As TheRealThing said, the fight is coming to the door of the church. And, if the Christians have not already lost the country, they certainly will because they cannot depend on the courts, the media, the national "leaders", or the government schools for support because all are the enemy.

The bottom line is that Christians and, in particular, their church "leaders", have through their inaction and ignorance of reality failed miserably. The fight is likely lost. Bet on it.

I can only disagree with TheRealThing on one of his statements. I don't have to obey the USSC decision and you can rest assured that I will not. The moral fabric of the country is being destroyed but I won't be a part of it.