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An Arlington Texas mega-church, near where I live, canceled a scheduled memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.
The church’s pastor, the Rev. Gary Simons, said no one knew Sinclair, who was not a church member, was gay until the day before the Thursday service, when staff members putting together his video tribute saw pictures of men “engaging in clear affection, kissing and embracing.”
Simons said the church believes homosexuality is a sin, and it would have appeared to endorse that lifestyle if the service had been held there.
That's beautiful. And I can totally see his point. After all, if the church went ahead and performed the ceremony, the church would have been filled with a bunch of well defined men in assless pants and enormous cowboy hats. What kind of message would that send to the kids? If the church allowed that to happen, next thing you know, little Johnny would lock himself in the bathroom looking at pictures of David Hasselhoff without his shirt on. He would start plucking his eyebrows and hassling his parents to allow him to join jazz dance classes and change his name to Tad, not to mention day dreaming about a career as a flight attendant or a wedding planner.
And it wouldn't stop there. If they allowed "gays" into the church to mourn one of there own, they would start pointing out all the design flaws in the sanctuary, everyone would start singing along to ABBA tunes; not to mention the likelihood that Rosie shows up.
How could the Lord ever be pleased with such a display? People coming together to celebrate the value of another human being? Sharing stories of the mark this man has left as a friend, family member, soldier, patriot, general member of the human race in good standing... God surely wouldn't want to be closely aligned to values like that. I mean what kind of example would that set? Caring for another person regardless of their demographic? Supporting the grieving process of family members and friends? Going the extra mile for people who are different than you? Thats just not christian.
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