Homosexual revolution changes many things
NO VOTE HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE TALKING POINTS.
MORAL REVOLUTIONS REQUIRE LEGAL
REVOLUTIONS.
- Moral revolution is complete when - legal structure line up to new moral understandings
- This is happening: homosexual revolution
- Societies have systems that influence or coerce behavior.
- Societies move to regulate behavior often considered morally right and wrong.
- Civilization to survive need: system of moral controls and influences.
- Historically progress in western history - non-threatening for Christian church and Christians
- Only happens when moral judgement of culture = convictions of the church
- Now the church is at odds – even the wrong side of moral assessment
All began culture more secularized
- Moving slowly from Christian morality
- Today different moral framework –academia, creative culture, and law
Secularization and separation of society from its Christian
roots
- Christian beliefs and teachings - now criticized
- Christian beliefs and teachings – previously were mainstream & essential
With gay liberation and legalization of same-sex marriage
- Christians face an array of religious liberty challenges
- These challenges never conceived previous generations
- USA – religious liberty can be violates by coerced participation in a same-sex wedding.
Erotic liberty now defeats religious liberty
- Religious institutions, colleges and schools
- Must surrender to the sexual revolution with regards to nondiscrimination
- Basis: sexual behavior, and sexual orientation
- Admission - hiring of faculty - student housing
USA- Hate crime legislation being considered.
- To marginalize criminalize speech – if it conflicts with the new moral consensus
Today there’s conflict of liberties.
- We are experiencing acute and radical moral change
- Conflict of liberties is excruciating, immense, and eminent
- New moral regime comes with backing of the courts and the regulatory state
Erotic liberty been elevated as a right
- More fundamental than religious liberty.
- Erotic liberty marginalizes and neutralizes religious liberty
Religious liberty faces immense challenges – and are increasing
- Government has mechanisms for moral coercion
- This goes beyond prisons, jails, and fines.
- Refusal to offer your business – participate homosexual marriage
- Requires “sensitivity training”
- Purpose is to bring intellectual cleansing
- Sensitivity training can be imposed - upon religious believers who dare oppose the new morality
The religious liberty challenge we now face addresses:
Every
believer, religious institution, and congregation
Erotic liberty and religious liberty now clash.
- No danger to theological liberals - their churches - denominations they have accommodated
- Liberal churches now defend – even advocate legal restrictions on conservative churches
We can be sure this is not the end of our struggle. It is only
the beginning.