Episcopal Bishop Says Opponents to Sexually Perverse Lifestyles Could Be Charged with Hate Crimes [V

Episcopal Bishop Says Opponents to Sexually Perverse Lifestyles Could Be Charged with Hate Crimes

Unless something changes, I fully expect that in my lifetime, a person who stands up and speaks out against various forms of sexual relationships or lifestyles that the Bible identifies as being inappropriate or in opposition to God's will (regardless of how loving and pastoral that concern may be shared), will be charged with committing a "hate crime". - Bishop William Love


By David W. Virtue DD
www.virtueonline.org
October 25, 2014

The Episcopal Bishop of Albany, the Rt. Rev. William Love told delegates to the 164th Annual Diocesan Convention recently that religion, especially Christianity, is under attack in the US and throughout the world. He asked if Christians would have the courage and determination to stand up for the Christian faith and proclaim both in word and deed "God's NOT dead", regardless of what it might cost us in this life.

The orthodox Episcopal bishop, who has been at odds with the Episcopal Church's liberal stand on homosexuality, especially over the ordination of gay and lesbian priests and bishops, says there are various special interest groups that are working very hard to silence any opposition to their cause. If they are allowed to continue unchallenged, the country our children and grandchildren will grow up in will be "very different" from that envisioned by our forefathers and for which countless Americans have bravely fought and died to defend and protect over the last 238 years.

Bishop Love cited a 2012 Gallup Poll where some 77% of Americans identified themselves as Christian. "If this is an accurate statistic why doesn't our society more accurately reflect the Judeo/Christian beliefs this country was founded on? I suggest that the Christian majority has lost sight of who we are called to be and the life we are called to live as Christians. Far too often we live as if "God IS Dead!"

"According to a HUFF Post article of March 2013, "The number of Americans who claim to have no religious affiliation is the highest it has ever been since data on the subject started being collected in the 1930's."

The article reports that the number of "NONES" in the 1930s was 5%; 8% by 1990; and 20% by 2013. This shows a clear shift in the U.S. population with a rapidly growing number of people who don't identify with any religion. The number of U.S. adults under 30 with no religious affiliation is even higher at approximately 33%.

"Religion, especially Christianity, is under attack in this country and throughout the world. The question is, do we have the courage and determination to stand up for our Christian faith and proclaim both in word and deed 'God's NOT dead', regardless of what it might cost us in in this life? Or will we deny our faith in Christ, living in fear and apathy, succumbing to the comfort and false security of materialism?"


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