[The Urban Sombrero]

Well, it certainly seems that way. And frankly, any who would dare to advocate for the homosexual must take his case before the Living God. In fact, even if he should win-over every last person on the planet, he'd still be wrong because God certainly makes no mistakes.

Likewise the homosexual lobby means nothing to this conversation. Rather it is society's acceptance of the practice that proves the end is near. Homosexual lobby, hardly. No, it's the acceptance of homosexuality by society which is proof positive that the end is near. And by way of offering proof of US acceptance, consider the recent activities of our President, who reportedly just got through blowing 700 million in an effort to advocate for acceptance of homosexuality, not here in the US where victory is perceived to be already in hand, but overseas. Not to mention that I have personally heard him make proud reference to his efforts on behalf of the gay population on a number of occasions.

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"One African activist describes this as “blowback.” And Obama’s effort has been very aggressive, with the administration making the homosexuality agenda “an integral part of American foreign policy,” as the Times puts it, and tying development aid to acceptance of it."
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/for...t-ill-will

In other words, if they want our money they'll have to comply with homosexual acceptance. Added to that are Hillary's all-in proclamations out on the campaign trail. Where she seizes every opportunity to contrast what she sees as tolerant Democrats against the supposed, intolerant racist Republicans. The Supreme Court recently cleared the way for same sex marriage in every state with their very unfortunate affront to God. And little tin horn governors like Steve Beshear in gleeful anticipation of what was to come, actually locked up a court clerk who would not issue gays marriage licenses in Kentucky. The house of cards is falling to the joy and merriment of the Lord's enemies.

And lastly, the deacon board is guaranteed the right to function out of sight of the prying eyes of government. The wall of separation was built around the Church to keep government out, not keep the Church in. No true Christian I have ever met thinks the US is a theocracy and no suggestion or faintest inference to that end has been hinted at in this thread.

Those who from religious conviction believe homosexuality is a sin are not functioning out of bigotry. However, the living of a same sex lifestyle is a matter of freedom of conscience to civil government. It seems to me that the right to have a "marriage" or "civil union" recognized by the civil authority is a basic provision of law. While I agree the Framers thought that mindfulness of God was important to a society, I also know Jefferson, for example, took everything that reason could not explain out of the Gospels and read that. Not exactly an evangelical. Many of the Framers were Deists. Again, not exactly evangelical. I do not think that the civil government granting same sex couples the rights of heterosexual couples is about kicking dirt in God's face. I think it is more about an expression of justice for all, regardless of religious and personal and political differences.