Pope Francis is considered to be one of the most ‘liberal’ leaders of the Catholic church ever to be elected as Pope. He is quoted often in Facebook memes that would seem to be out of character with traditional Catholic Christian beliefs and when one researches those controversial statements almost always they are taken out […]
The Southern Baptist Convention voted yesterday to support traditional marriage between one man and one woman regardless of what SCOTUS decides is legal for the nation. Here’s the story from the Christian Post: Messengers for the Southern Baptist Convention voted Tuesday afternoon in favor of Resolution 5, which among other things, prayerfully calls for the […]
(Picture from Wikipedia) Speaking before a Vatican-sponsored international conference on marriage, evangelical (SBC) pastor Rick Warren spoke out in favor of traditional marriage proclaiming: “…we cannot cave on this issue” Here’s the story from LifeSite News: Speaking at Pope Francis’ Humanum conference November 17, Evangelical pastor and author Rick Warren talked about God’s plan […]
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in favor of four states which define marriage as between one man and one woman. The majority in this case believe that the people should have a right to decide this important social question rather than a bunch of lawyers and judges. Here’s the story from the […]
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) One Judge just nullified the vote of 76% of the citizens of Oklahoma who favored traditional marriage. Here’s the story from the Baptist Press: A federal judge has again overturned the definition of marriage affirmed by voters in one of the country’s most conservative states. Oklahoma is the latest state to […]
(LDS Temple: Wikipedia) On back to back Fridays federal judges ruled against traditional marriage in Utah. First a federal judge on December 13 declared that state’s criminalization of polygamy was unconstitutional. While state and church authorities were still reeling from that decision, 7 days later (Dec. 20) another Federal judge opened the door for […]
(Canterbury Cathedral: Wikipedia) The Church of England plans to ‘Repent’ of Homophobia, but nevertheless contends that the traditional church teaching on marriage Is not ‘homophobic.’ Here’s the story from the Christian Post: The Church of England said it would "repent" for its previous homophobia in a major new report on human sexuality, but rejected […]
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Three College professors of religion in Iowa have recently written an article in the Des Moines Register challenging the perception that the Bible only supports marriage between one man and one woman: “Iowa View: 1 man, 1 woman isn’t the Bible’s only marriage view” The following are two poignant quotes that […]
So Tim Tebow unfortunately caved in the midst of a media frenzy over his scheduled appearance before First Baptist Church of Dallas? Well, First Baptist pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress is not slinking into the night and neither is his congregation (which is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention just like Tebow’s home church). The […]
Have you heard of this event? From Citizen Link: Marriage supporters — nearly 200,000 of them — flocked to Puerto Rico’s Capitol Building in San Juan Monday urging lawmakers to defend marriage as a union of one man and one woman. The crowd represented a notable percentage of the island’s population of three-and-a-half million. People […]
