Hoisted on Their Own Petard is Here

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Those of you who think my post of two weeks ago warning that the time was coming when clergy who sign state sanction marriage certificates would be compelled to perform gay marriages may  be surprise to see that it is all ready here. It happened this week in Idaho government-ordained-ministers-celebrate-sex-wedding-go-jail/. Now I realize this was in a private wedding chapel, but in a week where Houston pastor are asked to surrender there sermons about homosexuality one doesn't have to go very far to argue that if one solemnizes a state licensed wedding then one must abide by state laws.
We are going to have to be prepared to defend a theology of marriage and to provide services in such a way that Christian marriages maintain their distinction. Hence my next post will try to shed light on the subject. Next week: what is marriage?

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