Romanian Gay Rights March

Today in Romania there was a gay rights march to protest against discrimination and legalization of same-sex marriages. There were protesters on both side, for and against gay rights, most of the people against this march were Christians, which is not surprising. What is surprising is that the demonstration turned violent (really not so much surprising as sad).

This is sad to me not because it shouldn't have been expected but because it should be expected. Looking at the comments about this incident on blogger it is clear that the image that Christians are portraying isn't good (especially to the gay community), the church has done a terrible job at loving your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:34-40), which is the second greatest commandment.

At what point did it become ok for Christians to ignore those we were could to love by Jesus? When did violence become the way that we got our point across to the world? When where people taught to ignore the true issue at hand (sin) and instead turn our heads from the people forgetting about the hearts? Shunning people is not the way to show them love, we are called to be in relationship with people, that is the way that love is shown, it is the way God showed love to us and the way that we are called to show it to others.


Clashes mark Romanian gay pride


Scripture Used:
Matthew 22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37 And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' 38 "This is the great and foremost commandment. 39 "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' 40 " On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."
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