They call themselves Christians?

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Progressive Christians say a TV advertisement opposing same-sex marriage is "fear-mongering", "irresponsible" and "wrong".

 

Australian Christians for Marriage Equality on Wednesday launched a national campaign encouraging people to vote Yes in the federal government's planned postal survey on gay marriage.

They said a Coalition for Marriage ad released overnight didn't represent the views of most Christians.

"To put out an ad that links same-sex marriage with the safe schools program is ... an admission of failure," Anglican Reverend Dr Keith Mascord told reporters in Sydney.

"It's not looking at the substance of the debate but fear-mongering. It's irresponsible and wrong and we abhor it.

"God wants all people to thrive and that's what we want and that's why we support marriage equality."

The TV ad features three mothers highlighting their concerns about how same-sex marriage would affect what is taught and promoted in schools.

One mother says "the school told my son he could wear a dress next year if he felt like it".

The Anglican Dean of Brisbane, Dr Peter Catt, says religious freedom and gender identity are issues that are muddying what should be a simple debate.

"Gender debates in schools and all those other issues are simply being introduced to muddy the water," he told reporters in Brisbane.

"This is a very simple concept that we extend the Marriage Act so that it applies equally to all persons."

Australian Christians for Marriage Equality representative Benjamin Oh said the ad was hurtful to those who identified as part of the LGBTI community.

"It is very sad that kind of messaging is going out, I know it hurts families, I come from a devout Catholic family ... and I know they hurt with me," he told reporters on Wednesday.

"They are powerful people with lots of money to spend on these big flashy advertisements, we don't have that, but we have the people with us, the people of God, Christians voting Yes."

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/gay-marriage-christians-slam-wrong-ad/ar-AAqXGE3?li=AA4Znz&ocid=spartanntp

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3 hours ago, HAZARD said:

They call themselves Christians?

They can call themselves what they want. A servant seeks the will of his Lord and obey Him, if said servant work against his Lord then maybe he's not a servant, but an enemy.

"You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?" - Matthew 7:16

 

The Lord Jesus warned us about many false prophets that would rise and deceive many. We as Christians must seek to live according to His Word, and reject anything that goes against it.

"Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold." - Matthew 24:11-12

 

"If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." - 1 John 1:6-7

 

I saw something on TV today, from a very popular channel in my country... It was about promoting transgender's choice, by making it look good and that people can really be born in the wrong body. With that kind of advertisement and brain washing, soon society will treat it like a normal thing and will hate anyone that says something against such practice.

 

They will say we hate them because we do not agree with their practices.

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"One mother says "the school told my son he could wear a dress next year if he felt like it."

Makes me sick to my stomach thinking where will it all end. God did warn us that it would become so bad;

Jude 1:7,Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

 

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The wont let up here down under.

 

Legalise same-sex marriage for 'common good': Catholic priest

Michael Koziol
1 Sep 2017, 12:03 p.m.

 

Same-sex marriage should be legalised for the "common good", one of Australia's leading Catholic thinkers has urged, arguing civil marriage cannot be seen as an instrument of the church.

In a marked departure from other Catholic leaders and many Coalition conservatives, Jesuit priest Frank Brennan said any concerns about religious freedom should be set aside until after a successful "yes" vote in the postal survey.

And he turned opponents' fears on their head, saying the increasing prevalence of same-sex couples with children was an argument in favour of marriage equality, not an argument against.

"We've got to factor that in to the common good argument about what's necessary," Father Brennan told Sky News on Friday, following his delivery of the Lionel Bowen Lecture this week in which he declared he would vote "yes".

The legalisation of same-sex marriage in like-minded countries such as Britain and New Zealand was also a reason to support change, he said, to provide consistency for couples who moved around the world.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4895038/legalise-same-sex-marriage-for-common-good-catholic-priest/?cs=4219

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10 hours ago, HAZARD said:

The wont let up here down under.

 

Legalise same-sex marriage for 'common good': Catholic priest

Michael Koziol
1 Sep 2017, 12:03 p.m.

 

Same-sex marriage should be legalised for the "common good", one of Australia's leading Catholic thinkers has urged, arguing civil marriage cannot be seen as an instrument of the church.

 

This I agree with 100%.  It would serve the body of Christ well to disavow themselves from civil marriages and all that is attached to them and get back to focusing on God's purpose of marriage.   Biblical marriage has little to do with the perks and benefits assigned to marriage by civil governments.  

Biblical marriage is not about tax brackets or Social Security benefits or even hospital visitation.  

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On 8/30/2017 at 9:21 PM, HAZARD said:

 

 

Makes me sick to my stomach thinking where will it all end. God did warn us that it would become so bad;

Jude 1:7,Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

 

Lots of false believers out there, that is for sure.  Especially these people in the OP.

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On 9/1/2017 at 7:04 AM, HAZARD said:

The wont let up here down under.

 

Legalise same-sex marriage for 'common good': Catholic priest

Michael Koziol
1 Sep 2017, 12:03 p.m.

 

Same-sex marriage should be legalised for the "common good", one of Australia's leading Catholic thinkers has urged, arguing civil marriage cannot be seen as an instrument of the church.

In a marked departure from other Catholic leaders and many Coalition conservatives, Jesuit priest Frank Brennan said any concerns about religious freedom should be set aside until after a successful "yes" vote in the postal survey.

And he turned opponents' fears on their head, saying the increasing prevalence of same-sex couples with children was an argument in favour of marriage equality, not an argument against.

"We've got to factor that in to the common good argument about what's necessary," Father Brennan told Sky News on Friday, following his delivery of the Lionel Bowen Lecture this week in which he declared he would vote "yes".

The legalisation of same-sex marriage in like-minded countries such as Britain and New Zealand was also a reason to support change, he said, to provide consistency for couples who moved around the world.

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4895038/legalise-same-sex-marriage-for-common-good-catholic-priest/?cs=4219

In time "common good"could be stretched to cover anything.