RF23 Commentary: What Does It Cost?
www.keepingitright.blogspot.comOnce again the never ending debate of black churches accepting homosexuality is in the national news. This time it involves the acceptance of some black churches of gays and lesbians in its pews.
So lets talk about this. Put aside all phoebias. Lets put it in all on the table. My take, In reality I don't care what an individual does in the confines of their bedroom. I don't care if they use donkeys or monkeys, just don't have your intimated desires involving a child. Other than that, your home, your privacy and your life. I can't live it for you, nor can they mine. My only problem with it, is that they moan, bitch and whine about not of having basic civil rights, when in fact they do. And when someone, like Tony Dungy, who recently said that he does not support gay marriages and does support the traditional marriage between a man and a woman. His opinion, his right to express himself and what does the gay community do? They counter with, we can't believe someone of Dungy's nature would say such a thing and they questioned where he said it.
Where do they get off telling a grown man who to speak too, where he can speak and what he can say? And this is one of reasons of why Gay/Lesbian groups irk the living hell outta of me. They're just a discrimatory, hateful and bigoted as any other group. They go around flying their rainbow flags asking for acceptance and tolerance, yet, when like most groups are just as non- accepting and non-tolerant.
And now this, black churches in a quandry over homosexuality. It's a big problem and no-one can seem to solve one of the easiest formulas. The formulas?
1. We will follow God's law to the fullest and this church does not support the unification or marriage of same sex partners.
Other words, God's law and we will be obedient to it in the fullest.
until.
2. We will follow God's law to fullest and this church now supports the unification, acceptance and homosexuals in the banner of forgiveness and love.
Besides.
Who are we to turn away God's children. Even Jesus accepted all people from all walks of life and he walked around, offering salvation and a new road to the heavenly father.
Well, if they are going to use that for a reason to accept individuals who are gay in their pews..Then say so! Unfortuanately the church on the attached NY Times story only accepted gays, when the pastor of the church, son turned up gay. And then all bets are off, the pastor can't turn away his own son, so what does he do, he sacrifices his church.
What does it cost?
A drop in attendance of up to fifty percent of it's regular members. Back talking amongst members of the church who try to tough it out, but can't.
Then we come to this sorry azz reason of why black churches should accept homosexuals and this cracks me up. The reason why black churches or churches in general should accept homosexuals is because of the high rate of HIV/AIDs cases in the United States among Black Americans. Why? because the black community still believe that HIV/AIDs is a gay disease and that blacks have their head in the sand about homosexuality, that most blacks probably think that being gay is a white or latino thing. I would even go out on the limb and say that man on man rape in prison is probably more accepted than a free law abiding black homosexual. Now thats a pretty big limb, but at this point I'm the only one giving reasons and takes on this subject. So what's the role of black churches in the community of whom they serve? Well, obviously to deliver the word of hope and preach the word of love and fellowship. Next, to be the local local community news. During the civil rights era, the black church worked hand and hand to get the word out on peace demonstrations, had shut ins and prayed about their struggle and carried enough faith in believing that the God of hope and Moses would deliver them out of the grips of social injustice, lynchings and hate.
Now it didn't come without a price? The black community had lines upon lines of soldiers willing to take up the banner of hope, freedom and equality when another soldier fell. Unfortunately, the banner of hope, freedom and equality is now available to the biggest hustler and up for sale.
The black church is up for sale, cause theres no direction. Now don't get me wrong, somewhere in the vast forest we call the world is a church built upon a rock. A church that is gonna do what the lord said and accept with open arms an individual who is willing to change his ways. Meaning that person, who claims that they are gay or lesbian, and have not adhered to the word of God can come into the House of the Lord and cleanse themselves of their sins and be forgiven of all sins! And thats your answer to the formula. No church should keep it doors closed to no man cause he's a sinner. If a man is willing to confess with his mouth and accept the lord in his heart. He is a new man! and the slate is clean. No man on this earth has the right, well no man who claims that he is a brother of the new cleansed man, has a right to slap the former sins of another brother in the face.
And that's what wrong with not only the black church but all churches. Is that everyone is quick to judge and not forgive and then ostrensize the one person who is really seeking the face of God. There are a lot more problems in this world, country, state and city in which we reside in, than the issue of a soul who is seeking to be cured and cleansed of his sins, that the church needs to get a grip on.
Churches needs to stop playing games with God's word and start preaching it and practicing it.
Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/us/27churches.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
