First read about this here. Basically, a bunch of christians went to a gay pride parade with signs apologizing for how the christian church had treated them. "I'm sorry for how the church treated you", "I used to be a bible bashing homophobe, Sorry!". Sounds like an awesome idea, and it was received well by people at the parade.
But, as friendly atheist writes, "I'm sorry" is not enough - they still consider homosexuality to be a sin. It's great that they're wanting to apologize for mistreatment the LBGT community has received from the church, but at the end of the day they still believe homosexuality is a sin. In fact, from what I gather, a good part of the reason for doing this is so they can witness to the LBGT community, and prevent people from being gay. Doesn't sound so accepting anymore.
In fact, it makes it seem deceptive - from the article I got the feeling that they believe in LBGT rights, and was stoked, but I read a bit more, and came across their website's FAQ, where I see that they are being very political, refusing to give a straight answer on whether or not they believe it is wrong. This makes me a little sad for the all the people who were overjoyed to see them at the parade; I imagine most of those were happy because they thought the christians believed their lifestyle was acceptable, which is entirely untrue, I imagine they would be disappointed at this subtle deception.
So there you have it. It's great that they're not holding 'God hates Fags' signs, and it's great that they're attempting to be compassionate. I'd just like a bit more transparency. And from Christians in general, I'd like to see a bit less of rejecting a people group on the basis of 6 (mostly out of context) verses. Is that too much to ask for?
Sunday, August 1, 2010
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