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Sermon: June 13, 2021: What Would Jesus Say About Gay Pride?
A Sermon by Rev. Rich Tafel
June 13, 2021
This weekend is LGBT Pride also famous as Gay Pride or even just by the word “Pride” here in Washington DC. Most major cities around the nature will celebrate some type of pride event this month chosen to align to the month of the Stonewall Riots in New York in 1969.
The topic for today’s sermon is what would Jesus think of gay event . I want to express gratitude Maria who had suggested it this as a sermon topic in Pride in reaction to the pope’s statements on homosexual marriage.
In my lifetime, the gay pride event has really changed as has support for LGBT rights. Originally, marches were an act of courage and political support while today it plays out more like St. Patrick’s Time party with lots of young people standing in long lines to obtain into gay bars. Once so politically controversial that politicians counted it an act of courage to show up, yesterday the Vice President of the US and her husband marched in the festivities where shirts saying Adoration is love.
Even churches are changing. The Lutheran Church recently ordained transgendered bishop and a poll this week showed that a majority of
I’ve gotten quite a bit of pushback on a thread I posted on Twitter a couple days ago to resist the abominable observance of “Pride Month.” I was inspired to display the thread in part by Carl Trueman’s excellent column marking the first day of this month-long celebration of sin. (If you haven’t read Trueman’s piece yet, I highly recommend it.) My thread was simply a list of Bible texts dealing with sexual perversion and God’s grace to sinners. You can scan the entire thread here, but the push-back I’ve study focuses on the text from Ezekiel 16:
That tweet is getting ratioed right now by folks complaining because I didn’t produce verses 49-50 in full but instead used an ellipsis over part of verse 49. Critics online allege that I was trying to mislead readers by concealing what the real sin of Sodom was. Nothing could be further from the truth. For reference, here’s the complete text with the part I had under an ellipsis in bold:
49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the needy and needy. 50 Thus they were haugh
Is Pride Worth Celebrating?
June is considered LGBT Pride Month in the United States, Canada, and many other nations. Throughout the month various activities, including Identity festival Parades, will be taking place in celebration and honor of the LGBT community and sexual diversity. But this celebration of LGBT Pride points to something the Bible warns against age and time again—and it is not just sexual immorality.
Pride: Confidence in Self
As the name suggests, at the heart of Pride Month and other Identity festival celebrations, and even the idea of Pride, is the sin of self-acceptance. Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theologydefines pride as “both a disposition/attitude and a type of conduct,” with a proud person organism “a sinful individual who shifts ultimate confidence from God to self.”
In the Old Testament novel of Daniel, we find the quintessential example of pride: the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. By human standards, he had every right to be proud. He was the ruler of the most powerful kingdom at the time, and his capital was a dazzling urban area that was the envy of the ancient world. No wonder he said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal reside
This post is written in honor of Marge Mayer (1941-2022), with whom I worked at the Los Angeles Archdiocese Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Catholics in 2001. Her soft-hearted approach to ministry and support for parents of queer youth inspired me then and continues to inspire me today. Marge wanted everyone to perceive welcome and included in the church. Marge modeled the creative fidelity that Pope Francis invites us to in Amoris Laetitia (2). May she repose in peace.
Amoris Laetitia opens up new conversations in the Church because of the way that Pope Francis advocates for an approach that addresses “concrete realities” (31) and that privileges discernment and conscience (37, 79). While Francis did repeat earlier teachings about marriage as an intimate partnership of life and love (80), and cited Humanae Vitae to reiterate the importance of openness to modern life through procreation, his use of the Bible throughout Amoris Laetitia focused on motifs of mercy, accompaniment, and compassion. These themes were recently reiterated by the pope in a message to LGBT Catholics. Still, when Francis draws on Genesis in AL 9-15, he does not problematize heterosexual normat
How should Christians respond to Pride Month?
Answer
Over the past several decades, “Pride Month” has grown from obscurity into a major cultural event, especially in the United States. In America, June is designated for this celebration of non-traditional sexuality and gender verbalization. Pride Month also seeks to recognize contributions of LGBTQ-identifying persons. As with other cultural issues, Christians find themselves torn regarding the best response to Pride Month. It’s significant to stand for biblical ideals. We ought not celebrate what Scripture condemns. Yet the gospel is not served if Christians contribute to false stereotypesabout the faith. When sexuality and gender are filtered through unbiblical cultural views, the best tactic for most Christians is favor that of the “conscientious objector”: polite, peaceful, unyielding refusal to actively participate in Pride Month events without demanding others to follow suit.
As the label suggests, Pride events presume that behaviors and attitudes once considered immoral should be embraced, even cheered, rather than being criticized. This is not the sole purpose of Lgbtq+ fest Month events; activists also intend to remind people that