If you recall the "homosexual agenda" was brought up as sign if not cause of the end of the world.
Does that sound like a PR campaign?
The right wing seems to have this paranoid fantasy of some far reaching conspiracy that gays are plotting to destroy
a)Marriage
b)the family
c) the country
d) Every church in existence
e) fill in the blank with what ever delusion you happen to like today
The simple fact is that there is no agenda and no conspiracy. When people try to show there is you usually end up with misrepresentation like the above mentioned "homosexual manifesto" or blatant lies like the 1972 gay agenda document (written by the Family Research Council in 1991).
Beginning in the 70's there are various documents by Christian writers can be brought together to form a "Christian agenda" detailing the plan to vilify and marginalize homosexuals with the goal of mass killings. And unlike the paranoid claims noted above there are right wing writings that explicitly states that genocide is the goal. In 1985 Paul Cameron addressed the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on "the extermination of homosexuals" Cameron also submitted proposals to various Reagan staff members for the building of mass "termination" facilities for homosexuals. He proposed that these facilities could fund themselves by offering admission to families to watch gay being killed. Fun for the whole family.
So we have an "anti-gay agenda" one actually written by Christians with the aim of genocide...Should that be called the Christian agenda?
It is due to a political objective and not a Holy objective that Homo's have been placed on the fire pit. This political agenda has crossed over into Gods people, causing mass confusion and division to our primary objective to which Jesus made very clear:
" Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Now whom was Jesus speaking to?
But when
the Pharisees had heard that he had put the
Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
35 Then one of them, which was
a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying ET...
Now follow, The
Pharisees were the religious leaders of the Mosaic law. Hence religion. Now note the "Lawyer". Highly probable a
Sadducee. The
Sadducees were the political people. They had money and thus political power. "Lawyer's."
Mix them together and you have a theocracy. A political and religious system. A government of man made law's. Those at the pulpit knew their agenda were assured by their friends, the Lawyer's. Each needed each other to survive. Same crooks, different suit's. So close to a Democrat and Republican one could not squeeze a dollar between the two.
This the what sells votes. An agenda. The Homo agenda is the right wings golden cup. And " Christians" who are political, vote for them. Because they believed the lie that homo's are the sole cause of man's ilk. The sole cause of Americas failure. The sole cause of all things rotten. It is a result of this Sadducee and Pharisees relationship that has fueled the political agenda, " homo's must die" , Other wise this topic would not be such a " hot "political" issue, disguised as a " Christian" issue. What is not being noted is that
homo's are also grouped categorically with other sins:.....
On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.…I Corin. 6.
And
foremost the commands to which Jesus made clear that
the entire Bible rest upon is :
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Further Thou shalt love thy fellow human being as thyself. All people.
Well who is self if a Christian? Jesus.
Are homos noted as an exclusion? Are homos void of salvation? No. Those who engage in such behavior are. But also are idolaters, thieves, the covetous, revilers, and liars.
=====To which we are reminded, "
For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,…but now ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Titus 3:. 1 Corinthians 6:11. Ephesians 2:2===
Do those who so vehemently oppose homos ask the person they buy groceries from if they are homo and if so ( or if obvious they are ), leave their groceries on the belt and walk out? Or the person at DMV to renew their license, or their boss and quit their job? Or the banker who is about to loan them their mortgage?
Do we deny the obvious homo in the bread line seeking a hand out? Do we exclude a homo at the local homeless shelter's and homeless feed's?
We are to love all people. Leave the judging to GOD. Homos need the love of Jesus. Which leads to repentance. Now just imagine letting Holy Spirit speak through us and that homo receives Gods love and repents. Imagine the glory that brings to our lord Jesus.