From Christianity Today, an essay on the weakening state of marriage: A Crumbling Institution, by David P. Gushee.
And a news item on how the Michigan Board of State Canvassers has removed a voter-referendum on a state constitutional amendment defining marriage from the ballot. Their reasoning? The proposed constitutional amendment might be unconstitutional! Imagine reading this later this year: November 10, 2004: Michigan Supreme Court declares constitutional amendment on marriage to be unconstitutional....
But seriously now, this is good evidence to me that our fight is not "against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness" (Eph 6:12 NKJV). I can't imagine a decision like this coming down from people who respect the rule of law. This board has an agenda and they're not going to let something such as trivial as "the democratic process" overrule it.
Joel,
You seem to be equating homosexuals with Satan. A little radical proposition, from my viewpoint.
Posted by: Joel Thomas at August 26, 2004 12:29 AMEither that, or a political board which throws out a voter referendum that has more than 150% of the required signatures, which I think a literal reading of my post indicates, Joel.
Perhaps a clarification is in order here. My post is a comment on tyranny; that of an unelected board, or more accurately, two people, to usurp the will of 480,000 signatories to a voter-referendum petition for a state constitutional amendment. Have we devolved to a society where only the courts may amend the Constitution? If so, then we are no longer live in a democracy. A more accurate description would be a judicial monarchy.
But for readers who wonder if I actually think that homosexuals are equated with Satan; that's a rather liberal reinterpretation of the post. A more accurate description of my belief is that homosexuals are sinners, just like all of us, including me, who are in need of God's grace. More eloquent words can be found here, especially the last paragraph, with which I agree: http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=17-05-016-v
Posted by: Joel Fuhrmann at August 26, 2004 04:44 PM