The second matter poses a far more substantial challenge to
the pro position since it cannot be resolved merely by working “to play more fair.” The pro-position is entangled in a
fundamental self-contradiction. The driving
force behind the pro position is not the affirmation of another, higher, morality, but instead the
denial of morality in any traditional sense.
The primary objection posed by the pros is not specifically that the con
vision of sexuality is immoral, but to the contrary, that the con position is
grounded on a moral vision that has no transcendent reality at all. So the pro homosexual movement seeks to have
its cake and eat it too. It is usurping the
emotional weight of moral indignation to advance an agenda which dismisses
morality as mere illusion. The logical
dilemma for the con position is as follows.
If it is true that no one is obligated to obey the moral vision of
sexuality, then it follows that no one is morally obligated to embrace the a-moral (or immoral) view of sexuality
either. This means that the expressions
of “moral” outrage by the pros are worse than wrong. They are founded on a house of cards that can
only be maintained by suppressing the voice of logic.
As I have urged from the beginning of my blog, Christians
are obligated by the Gospel, and under the authority of our Lord, to treat
others (including homosexuals) with dignity, and to love others with the same
love God has exercised in His receiving all sinners (including ourselves) into
His gracious kingdom. The Apostle John
declared in his first letter, “Beloved, if [since] God so loved us, we also
ought to love one another” (1 John 4:11).
Indeed, God’s gracious love extends to homosexuals to come into His
kingdom by grace alone through faith alone in the same way He calls all sinners
(including ourselves).
This however, does not mean that the methods of the
pro-homosexual propaganda must be received without criticism. To the contrary, their central strategies
ought to be challenged, and wherever appropriate, resisted. It also requires taking the opportunities
that are handed to us under the reality of logic and truth. Their attempted imposition of a double
standard in the debate at hand is extremely vulnerable to collapse in the face
of exposure and challenge. That this
should happen, however, depends on Christians who embrace God’s vision of
sexuality, holding up the standard of truth with a Godly boldness.
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