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I don't tend to put quotes in little square colored boxes with pictures, but if I did, I would certainly quote this gentleman.
http://www.abpnews.com/culture/social-issues/item/8130-wendell-berry-expounds-on-gay-marriage#.UQepzJEaySN
"If I were one of a homosexual couple -- the same as I am one of a heterosexual couple -- I would place my faith... and hope in the mercy of Christ, not in the judgment of Christians.”
“Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred. Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing with righteousness – as at the crucifixion and before and since. This can happen only after we have made a categorical refusal to kindness: to heretics, foreigners, enemies or any other group different from ourselves.”
As a Christian, I am appalled at the mob mentality of some others, who believe themselves Christians, in denouncing gay people. I ask, in charity, that you not judge all Christians by the actions of some.
http://www.abpnews.com/culture/social-issues/item/8130-wendell-berry-expounds-on-gay-marriage#.UQepzJEaySN
"If I were one of a homosexual couple -- the same as I am one of a heterosexual couple -- I would place my faith... and hope in the mercy of Christ, not in the judgment of Christians.”
“Condemnation by category is the lowest form of hatred, for it is cold-hearted and abstract, lacking even the courage of a personal hatred. Categorical condemnation is the hatred of the mob. It makes cowards brave. And there is nothing more fearful than a religious mob, a mob overflowing with righteousness – as at the crucifixion and before and since. This can happen only after we have made a categorical refusal to kindness: to heretics, foreigners, enemies or any other group different from ourselves.”
As a Christian, I am appalled at the mob mentality of some others, who believe themselves Christians, in denouncing gay people. I ask, in charity, that you not judge all Christians by the actions of some.
