Some chrisTians Mad because a Pastor Had an Opportunity to Bash Gay People and Didn’t Take It
Some chrisTians Mad because a Pastor Had an Opportunity to Bash Gay People and Didn’t Take It
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Here’s the backstory: A husband and wife attended a place called North Point Church in Atlanta. They had a daughter together. At some point, the husband started having an affair with another married man. (Scandalous!) It was serious, too, and the men wanted to be together. Not only that, but they also wanted to attend the same church as the wife. That understandably made her upset. So the gay couple attended another North Point church in a different location. They even began volunteering there. During all this, the husband and wife got divorced. However, his partner’s divorce was not finalized.
When North Point’s head pastor Andy Stanley found out about all this, he asked the men to step down from their posts. He could not condone the in-your-face adultery that was going on within his own church. The partner and his wife were still technically together, after all!
Some time passed. The wife began a new relationship. The gay couple was still together. All of them were very civil (even friendly) with each other. They now all attend the same church together. Isn’t that special…?
So why is any of this news?
Because Stanley told this story at his church a couple of weeks ago. And at no point in Stanley’s story did he mention that he ever told the couple, “YOU’RE GAY AND THAT’S A SIN!” How *dare* a pastor not use a perfectly good opportunity to bash gay people?!
More:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/05/04/some-christians-mad-because-a-pastor-had-an-opportunity-to-bash-gay-people-and-didnt-take-it/
