Is Gay Marriage OK with God and Is It a Civil Right?

here's the litmus test for any marriage out there here it is Genesis 2:24 for this reason for this cause the cause of marriage a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife and they shall become one flesh folks that is God's ordained measurement for any marriage Jesus affirmed this Jesus affirmed this Jesus affirmed this I'm grateful I am so grateful that we have reached the point in America that anyone regardless of ethnicity regardless of the color of skin regardless of the background of anyone anyone can become the president of the United States and I'm grateful I'm grateful that we have crossed the barrier and that we have an african-american president I'm also grateful that the Southern Baptist Convention is going to elect its first african-american president of the Southern Baptists convention this summer dr. Fred Luter he is a pastor in New Orleans he will be preaching here this summer he's preached here before I'm grateful for all that I despise racism of all kinds I think that if you can look down on your nose on anybody because their skin color is different from yours then your sinning against a holy God I believe that with all my heart so what I'm about to say has nothing to do with any color of skin or anything else it wouldn't matter if it was George Bush it wouldn't matter if it was Bill Clinton it wouldn't matter if it was Ronald Reagan or Jimmy Carter or Theodore Roosevelt or anybody else I want you to know that I am NOT saying anything because of the color of anyone's skin and I really don't want us to hoop and holler and all that stuff I really that's not it's not a place for that I just want you to know that I am opposed to what our president said about same-sex marriage even though he approves that God does not God does not and my hat is off to a wonderful group of african-american pastors who released a tremendous press release that you might not get to hear about because the media doesn't want to do anything with this but these are not just a few pastor these are various significant pastors many of them who live right here in Memphis and I want to read the press release to you I think you know while we're talking about aberrations to legitimate marriage in this text it would be a great time to talk about this especially since it just happened here's the title of the press release civil rights leaders speak out against the hijacking of their movement declaring that there is no civil right to do what God calls wrong and it came out of Memphis Tennessee let me taste something folks God has marked this city for revival and good things are gonna come out of Memphis Tennessee amen listen to this a coalition of well-known and highly respected black clergy headed by the Reverend William Owens founder and president of the coalition of african-american pastors C aap and other leaders responded strongly to President Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage reverend owens led in the civil rights movement in nashville tennessee and he said he is appalled by the ongoing effort of GLBT that's an acronym for gay lesbian bisexual and transgender activists delinked sexual diversity to the historic fight for civil rights for black americans the coalition includes such noted leaders as now listen many of them from Memphis Bishop George D McKinney senior pastor of st. Stephen's Cathedral that's a kojic Church in San Diego California Bishop Felton Smith senior pastor of New Covenant Fellowship a kojic Church in Nashville Tennessee bishop brandon porter senior pastor of greater community church or temple a co g church here in memphis bishop ed stevens junior senior pastor of golden gate cathedral of memphis he's a personal friend of mine I'll be preaching at his church by the way over on James Avenue a week from this Tuesday night you ought to come and join us and then Bishop James H Gaylord senior pastor of Kelly temple in Harlem New York dr. Dwight Montgomery pastor of Ann's Dale Cherokee Baptist Church here in Memphis dr. Chuck singleton senior pastor of Loveland Church in Ontario California Bishop Robert Jefferson senior pastor of Cullen Missionary Baptist Church in Houston Bishop Janice Hollis presiding prelate of covenant international fellowships of Churches and Reverend William Owens senior founder and president of the Coalition of african-american pastors Memphis here's what they said we cannot this is a quote we will not remain silent while marriage the most fundamental institution in our our any nation is undermined by our own president while using Christian language and relating it to civil rights we stood we marched we fought against racial discrimination as a moral wrong it was a violation of the first principles of our faith that God created all men in His image and the first principles of our nation that recognized that all men are created equal for activists politicians and now the highest office in the nation to link sexual behavior God calls sin to the righteous calls Martin Luther King jr. gave his life for is abominable in and of itself declare these leaders with legitimate civil rights era experiences quote marriage between one man and one woman was created and ordained by God it is the only stable union in which women are protected and cared for in which children are born reared and nurtured in safety and upon which the various stability of our society arrests the propaganda spun today by moral anarchists who have taught our youth that sex is for entertainment and marital commitment is optional has brought death chaos poverty and great harm to our community for decades continue the leaders in their joint statement quote the hijacking of the civil rights movement by homosexuals bisexuals and gender-confused people must and will stop we fought for what is right they are fighting for what is wrong there is no connection and the high cost of what we've stood and stand for demands that we speak out against President Obama's support for this destructive agenda our God requires it our nation needs it and our people deserve it we will stand in our pulpits we will stand in the streets we will stand in the chambers of policymaking we will stand in the ballot box for those who are God's are for God's design of marriage and family we will stand against all who are not they said in conclusion and we like Martin Luther the great reformer in his crucible our can only say here we stand we can do no other this fight for marriage in the family has just begun and to that I say Amen and amen

Channel: Bellevue Baptist Church

Views: 23,457

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Keywords: marriage, homosexuality, civil rights, Bible

Id: C29jMZ-V25s

Length: 7min 23sec (443 seconds)

Published: Tue May 15 2012

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