God's Way or The World's Way?

I read a couple articles that dealt with issues relating to the LGBT community. The article stated that being neutral on the topic of gay marriage is no longer an option. People are being forced to choose whether they are for it or against it. Schools, people with medical professions, the sports world, and many state governments are being made to give LGBT people full equality or face consequences. While I agree with the fact that you should not openly judge the life style of a gay person, it should not be encouraged and accepted. The gay pride flag shouldn't be raised and there should be gay pride festivals. It is just encouraging the amount if sin in the world. Leviticus 20:13 says, "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable...". If God says that the gay lifestyle is wrong, then it should be accepted and encouraged the way it is today. Of course there is also the possibility of someone having a family member or a close friend that is gay. Again you don't need to openly judge someone that is gay. God tells us to love everyone, but don't attend a gay wedding.

One article addressed the persecution that Christians face for being against the LGBT community. Christians are being forced to choose to either violate their own conscience or face persecution because they will not go along with what the world says is right. Take the Storman family, for example. They owned a pharmacy up in Washington and they refused to sell drugs that caused abortions. The state of Washington said that they would either have to go against their conscience and sell the drugs, or they would face the consequences. Just because they wouldn't go with the flow of society, they were being put on the spot. Romans 12:2 says, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind...". Whether a person is a Christian or not, they should not be forced to go against their own conscience.  

Another article explained that when you ask someone to choose between their way of living and their conscience, you are persecuting that person. Persecution does not have to be as something as intense as extreme torture. Once someone is made to choose between their morals and society, they are then being persecuted. But Matthew 5:5 says, "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven". If we are persecuted for standing up for the Lord, we gain treasures in heaven. No one deserves to be persecuted for what they believe in. Some people may think that gays deserve to be persecuted because of their sin. Yes they are living in sin, but we are still supposed to show love to them. God loves everyone and he died to save everyone from their sins. Therefore, we should let god shine through us and show his love to everyone.