church refuses gay man's funeral

[freedfromsin]

By JEFFREY WEISS / The Dallas Morning News

An Arlington church volunteered to host a funeral Thursday, then reneged on the invitation when it became clear the dead man's homosexuality would be identified in the service.

The full article is here;

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/kho...d.1e1068d9.html

Everyone who stands for the Lord needs to email this pastor and commend him for standing for righteousness.

Here is the church web site

http://www.churchunusual.com/address.html

[Guest lnj]

I'm slightly confused...

Was it ok with the Church - UNTIL they saw these photos?

Was it ok with the Church - UNTIL they knew the congregation would also see the photo's?

Or was it ok with Church as long as the congregation didn't see the photo's during the service?

What exactly was the stance of the Church?

[Floatingaxe]

One way churches can avoid such unpleasantness is to set up a policy (we have one that works well) that the church facility can only be used for church members: funerals and weddings. Period. That way there is an assurance that God is honoured in the event.

[sweetycakes]

I think it is right that the church in question refused to conduct a 'gay' service.

It's about time that people realized that Christians DO NOT accept the gay lifestyle as a Christian lifestyle.

We got to stand up for what we believe in.

[Floatingaxe]

I'm slightly confused...

Was it ok with the Church - UNTIL they saw these photos?

Was it ok with the Church - UNTIL they knew the congregation would also see the photo's?

Or was it ok with Church as long as the congregation didn't see the photo's during the service?

What exactly was the stance of the Church?

Hi, Inj!

My take on it is that the church was unaware of the man's homosexuality until they saw the photos. Knowing that the video montage constituted a flaunt of the open behaviour, they did the wisest thing, which was to rescind the offer of holding the funeral.

[Guest lnj]

Ok, got it.

I was really hoping it wasn't going to be a case of hypocrisy.

[sweetycakes]

Just WHAT IS IT, THESE DAYS, THAT A SOCIETY CAN FOIST UPON IT'S CITIZENS THAT A MAN HAVING SEX WITH A MAN IS ACCEPTABLE?

It is NOT acceptable. It is an abomination!

I may get flamed. I don't really care......

But a MAN having sex with another MAN is totally abominable.

I will stand by what I said, come what may!

[mrs]

The church should be supported for being willing to take a stand on the truth even knowing there would be public resentment for it. Sadly we are very close to situations like this being treated as hate crime. Truly the nations become a disaster when 'every man does that which is right in his own eyes' as in the Judges.

[Leonard]

Yes. The church building ought properly be used only for events of the Church.

[Guest lnj]

Just WHAT IS IT, THESE DAYS, THAT A SOCIETY CAN FOIST UPON IT'S CITIZENS THAT A MAN HAVING SEX WITH A MAN IS ACCEPTABLE?

It is NOT acceptable. It is an abomination!

I may get flamed. I don't really care......

But a MAN having sex with another MAN is totally abominable.

I will stand by what I said, come what may!

Get flamed Stephen because that is absolutely correct. It goes against natural laws of Creation. As Christians, we love the homosexual but we abhor and hate the act because it is wrong.