MY FIRST TORNADO was a Technicolor “special effect” on a televised version of the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz.
The Benson house was still intact, but the movie left me emotionally reeling as a youngster. That dark whirling cloud that flung Dorothy and Toto through the sky haunted my bedtime dreams for years. It just seemed so incredibly real.
Like the heroine of that beloved film, I have often wished that I could click my heels and be magically transported back to the more virtuous environment of the early 1960’s. Over the past five-plus decades, our nation has been swept out of Kansas by the cyclone of moral relativism and summarily dropped in Oz–where nothing makes sense anymore. At least, nothing in terms of moral conduct.
Case in point–homosexual “marriage.”
Since President Bush’s call for a constitutional amendment banning gay unions, thousands of same-sex couples have flocked to California and other such states (e.g., New York, Oregon, New Mexico) in order to pursue legal sanction for their unholy relationships. One of the more notable examples comes from the media princess, Rosie O’Donnell. She and her girl-friend, Kelli Carpenter, recently flew to San Francisco in order to tie the knot. In an effort to spread the flames of her agenda, O’Donnell commented, “I think the actions of the president are, in my opinion, the most vile and hateful words ever spoken by a sitting president.” She continued, “I am stunned and horrified. I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral…”
Immoral?! Immoral?! Did I miss something here? Exactly when did the statute of limitations expire on the wickedness of this form of fornication (cf. Isa. 5:20)? Brethren, while we have a Divine mandate to extend kindness to every fellow citizen, we cannot and must not–under any circumstances–endorse this course of action.
And why not, you may ask? First of all, because homosexual behavior is contrary to God’s will (Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gen. 19:1ff; Mat. 19:4-6). Period. But second, because same-sex unions promote even greater moral evils. For instance, in the event the United States government legally sanctions homosexual marriage, how can it then deny polygamist marriage too?1
Think that sounds out in left field? Don’t believe it for a minute. Study the following excerpt from a Fox News Live broadcast dated February 27, 2004. The discussion was between Family Research Council’s Genevieve Wood and radio host “Karel”:
While gay-rights
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