Dr. Madd
03-14-2007, 08:36 AM
Minister protests same-sex union ban with a halt to all weddings
March 12, 2007
AMHERST, Mass. --An Episcopal minister will stop performing all wedding ceremonies to protest the denomination's prohibition of same-sex unions.
If you don't like it, found your own religion, and stop trying to force your sick perversions of Christianity onto us.
"We are called to join the fast that our homosexual brothers and sisters in Christ have had to observe all their lives," said the Rev. Robert Hirschfeld, rector of Grace Episcopal Church.
And you, Hirschfeld are an enabler to sin. Lev 20:13, among other verses.
This is why we cannot give an inch to the Gay rights movement. First we endure, then tolerate, then embrace. This poison is working its way into the very blood of Christianity. We must fight it.
Several members of the congregation say they support Hirschfeld's move, which he announced in his Sunday sermon. Others said they were concerned that that the move might add to the polarization of an issue that has already divided Episcopals.
If this were done by a minister in Tennessee, he'd be thrown out of the church so fast his collar would spin. And why? Because despite what the liberals think of Tennessee, we still have some common sense.
Erica Winter, of Northampton, said working for social justice often involves giving up something.
Christians are called upon to be a nation apart. If the gays wanna marry, let them found their own religion. Why are they hell bent on gaining access to ours?
"I'm so proud to be a part of this," Nina Scott, a congregant from Amherst, said. "It's a step that needs to be taken."
I wonder about the state of your soul, Miss Scott.
Two priest associates at Grace Church, the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and the Rev. Burton Whiteside, also said they won't perform marriages.
Then you won't get any ministerial fees for performing them. You ain't the only monkeys in this circus.
"I am convinced that when gays and lesbians are baptized, they become full members of the body of Christ," said Bullitt-Jonas. "They are not partial members or conditional members or second-class members."
They might be Christians, but Christianity says Homosexuality is wrong. Therefore, it is a sin, and should have been cast aside when you convert.
The Gays are hanging on to it. And I suspect many are only joining to poison our faith. That's one church I'll never attend. God's not present in there, I'm certain of it. I'm going to Breakfast, I'll be back in a bit.
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March 12, 2007
AMHERST, Mass. --An Episcopal minister will stop performing all wedding ceremonies to protest the denomination's prohibition of same-sex unions.
If you don't like it, found your own religion, and stop trying to force your sick perversions of Christianity onto us.
"We are called to join the fast that our homosexual brothers and sisters in Christ have had to observe all their lives," said the Rev. Robert Hirschfeld, rector of Grace Episcopal Church.
And you, Hirschfeld are an enabler to sin. Lev 20:13, among other verses.
This is why we cannot give an inch to the Gay rights movement. First we endure, then tolerate, then embrace. This poison is working its way into the very blood of Christianity. We must fight it.
Several members of the congregation say they support Hirschfeld's move, which he announced in his Sunday sermon. Others said they were concerned that that the move might add to the polarization of an issue that has already divided Episcopals.
If this were done by a minister in Tennessee, he'd be thrown out of the church so fast his collar would spin. And why? Because despite what the liberals think of Tennessee, we still have some common sense.
Erica Winter, of Northampton, said working for social justice often involves giving up something.
Christians are called upon to be a nation apart. If the gays wanna marry, let them found their own religion. Why are they hell bent on gaining access to ours?
"I'm so proud to be a part of this," Nina Scott, a congregant from Amherst, said. "It's a step that needs to be taken."
I wonder about the state of your soul, Miss Scott.
Two priest associates at Grace Church, the Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas and the Rev. Burton Whiteside, also said they won't perform marriages.
Then you won't get any ministerial fees for performing them. You ain't the only monkeys in this circus.
"I am convinced that when gays and lesbians are baptized, they become full members of the body of Christ," said Bullitt-Jonas. "They are not partial members or conditional members or second-class members."
They might be Christians, but Christianity says Homosexuality is wrong. Therefore, it is a sin, and should have been cast aside when you convert.
The Gays are hanging on to it. And I suspect many are only joining to poison our faith. That's one church I'll never attend. God's not present in there, I'm certain of it. I'm going to Breakfast, I'll be back in a bit.
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