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Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ . Ephesians 4:15 Defining the Issue The legalisation of same-sex marriage presents Christians with new dilemmas. It is not uncommon for friends, family members, or coworkers to invite Christians to a same-sex wedding or a wedding shower. Should Christians who disagree with the morality of same-sex marriage attend such events? Biblical Ethical Principles Scripture clearly teaches that homosexual relationships are sinful (see chapter 40). Nevertheless, Christians are called to love our homosexual neighbours (Matthew 22:37–40), but such love does not entail approval of everything they choose to do.  We are always called to share the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), including the truth about sexual ethics. Regardless of how kind and gracious we attempt to be in expressing a difference of opinion with nonbelievers, Christian ethics may be disparaged, misrepresented, and misunderstood ...

The Obama administration has revoked nearly all of the conscience protections put in place by the administration of President George W. Bush . The policy change came on Friday, and was released as a new rule from the Department of Health and Human Services .   As Rob Stein of The Washington Post reports, “The Obama administration rescinded most of a federal regulation Friday designed to protect health workers who refuse to provide care they find objectionable on personal or religious grounds.” In this case, “most” means almost all of the previous rule has been rescinded. Stein described the action by stating that the Obama administration had “eliminated nearly the entire rule.” All that remains are protections put in place previously covering medical personnel who object to abortion or sterilization.  Gone are all protections for those who object by conscience to abortifacient drugs and “emergency” contraceptives, the treatment of gay men and lesbians, and prescr...