It Began as a Ripple
By Collin Brendemuehl
November 20, 2008
In the 70s there was a popular movement to allow celibate homosexuals to become priests in the Roman Catholic church. That was the rhetoric, anyway. The church is now paying a dear price for this, as more than 80% of the child abuse by priests is of a homosexual nature.
A major step was to control hiring. The process continued with Intercristo and the demand that they hire outside their religious convictions. It was now a settled matter of case law that one must run a business under the control of state regulations and not religious ones. Though the organization was allowed to control hiring to reflect the goals of the company, those positions which did not affect the corporate direction had to be opened to anyone. One is not allowed to build a homogeneous corporation.
A failed attempt to control the Boy Scouts may be more memorable. The suits attempt to declare that they are the same as any for-profit company. The result would have been to allow more child abuse in the ranks of an organization which has, similar to Intercristo and the R C church, somewhat of a religious foundation. (Starting to see the connection here?)
eHarmony, purportedly Christian, has given in, and this cave-in will be an expensive one. Not only are they being forced to allow homosexual dating through their site, they now will also encourage it.
Could it get worse? Yup. They are now being sued, in a class-action suit, to compensate homosexuals for some sort of loss.
(onlinedatingmagazine.com - November 20, 2008) A California Superior Court judge has certified a class action lawsuit against eHarmony.com for discrimination against gays and lesbians in California. The news comes one day after eHarmony settled a case in the State of New Jersey where a gay man accused the company of discrimination. In that settlement, eHarmony agreed to open up a service that matches gays and lesbians.
That announcement had no affect in the California case, which is moving forward.
(Talk about passive-aggressive manipulation!)
Let's not be naive. The Boy Scouts will be revisited. Further incursion in church life will continue, especially postmoderns and liberals continue to allow their presence.
At its heart is a trend to secularize society. That does not mean simply being neutral toward religion, but actually hostile toward any religious ethic in law. This means a persistent attack on all visible religious entities that might be recognized by government. The Boy Scouts and all churches are in precisely the same vulnerable position.
The ripple is now a wave.
If the gospel is affective, if it changes public opinion as a result of changed lives, then perhaps all this commitment of funds to popular music and media outlets is unproductive. Perhaps our local churches need to instead invest in evangelism pastors. Isn't that what the gospel is all about?
