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Why Should We Care about the Definition of Marriage?

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With the overturning of Proposition 8 in California last August and New York becoming the sixth state to legalize homosexual “marriage” at the end of last month, the need is made increasingly apparent for Christians to continue to lovingly and resolutely declare God ’s design for marriage. That need only grows greater as this week President Obama publicly endorsed the “Respect for Marriage Act.” This bill would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 , “which instructs states not to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states and…prohibits the federal government from recognizing legally performed same-sex marriages.” Now, I’m not at all talking about politicking, putting our hope in government, or going all chicken-little about the moral failure of our country. God is sovereign, and our hope is in Christ alone. But I am talking about speaking God’s Word into the situations He places you in. It’s likely that as you seek to be a good steward of the Truth of God that h

Florist under fire for refusing to supply flowers for same sex marriage

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A New Brunswick florist has come under fire by homosexual activists and their supporters for refusing to provide flowers to a lesbian couple for their “wedding” ceremony.  The florist, a Christian woman, reportedly said she does not want any part in a same-sex “marriage.” Kimberly Evans owns and operates her business “Petals and Promises Wedding Flowers” from her family home in Riverview, N.B.  After discovering that the “wedding” she had agreed to provide flowers to last month was a same-sex event, Evans sent an email to the lesbian couple explaining that she could not take their business. “I am choosing to decline your business. As a born-again Christian , I must respect my conscience before God and have no part in this matter,” the email said, according to CBC News . Evans, said that she is not making public comment at this time. The couple’s wedding planner, Mario Bourgeois Leduc of La Teraz in Moncton , immediately made the issue public on Twitter, while refusing to releas