Let’s consider a “what if” scenario: President Barak Hussein Obama. If he is elected president, how should churches (those congregations of all denominations identifying themselves as fundamental or conservative evangelical) respond? If we expect a “business-as-usual” world in an Obama administration, sadly we are mistaken. If Obama takes the White House, and Congress becomes overwhelmingly Democrat, the world will change for all believers who remain faithful to biblical Christianity. If Obama becomes President, we also can expect a federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, to become characterized by the most liberal judicial philosophy in its history.
The positions taken by Obama and the Democrat Party on two issues stand as road signs indicating where this county will be headed with all branches of government under the control of a party noted most for its social, economic, and political liberalism. These two watershed issues are abortion and homosexuality, not the economy, foreign policy, or the environment.
By the way, the move among younger evangelicals away from pro-life, pro-family, and pro-traditional sexuality to social justice issues is a troubling trend. Stung by criticisms from the secular world about “what we are against, not what we are for,” these young believers are trying to improve our image. World hunger, compassion for those with HIV/AIDS, and concern for so-called global climate change are worthy issues. Yet, we can feed people, minister to those with a variety of STDs, and reduce our carbon footprint (whatever that means), but if we live in a world where human life, from its very beginning, and traditional marriage are held in contempt, what have we gained in our pursuit for social justice?
Now, what do we know about Obama and the Democrat party? Obama, feigning lack of knowledge about an issue relegated by him to a "higher pay-grade," was afraid to say when human life begins (lest he alienate his core following of pro-abortionists). He has stated he would not want to see either of his daughters “punished” with a child if they made a “mistake.” One wonders if he would require his daughters to abort their unborn child and his unborn grandchild, even if the daughter wanted to carry the child to term.
Regarding homosexuality, Obama has declared his support for the traditional view of marriage, between a man and a woman only. Yet, in letters to the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club and the pro-homosexual Family Equality Council, Obama stated his plans to have the Federal Defense of Marriage Act repealed and his opposition to California’s Proposition 8, which would ban same-sex marriage in that state. He also opposes the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell” policy; he instead wants all branches of the military fully open to homosexuals.
Barack Obama is not a friend to those who support pro-life policies, traditional marriage, and a military free from social experimentation. So, we must conclude Obama is not a friend of conservative Christians and their churches. For, in Obama’s world, those who do not line up with him and support his radical social agenda will run the risk of serious legal battles. Will believers be granted a fair hearing in courts dominated by the Obama view of legality? No. He has already stated his conviction that our courts should be sensitive to a person’s sex, race, social class, and sexual choices. Thus, those who might be called into court in a battle against a poor, female, black homosexual are bound to lose. We will not be a society governed by law, but by the social values of the judges, and ultimately, the social values of the President who appointed them.
If a theologically conservative or fundamental church or synagogue refuses to marry homosexuals or to allow them to use the church or synagogue facilities for such marriages, these groups will find themselves in court. If the Obama/Democrat agenda prevails, the federal government will one day be issuing licenses to ministers, priests, and rabbis, granting or denying them the legal authority to marry. If a minster refuses to marry homosexuals, he will not be licensed to perform marriages.
If a rabbi, priest, or minister speaks out against homosexuality, he will incur the wrath of the homosexual community and the federal government. At that point, we will have a situation in which the federal government, not the sovereign God of the universe, dictates doctrine.
So, what do we do?
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