The LBGTQ agenda to force Western society to celebrate various forms of sexual orientation and/or expression poses a particular threat to Bible-believing Christians. Some of you may be thinking, “Well duh, DebbieLynne, tell us something we don’t know!” And yes, most Christians understand that there is tremendous pressure — pressure that increases daily — to affirm their lifestyles as good and wholesome.

What many don’t understand, however, is how relentless LBGTQ activists are about enforcing their agenda. I’d always thought that, once they got same sex marriage they’d be happy. As a matter of fact, I remember copious assurances that legalizing same sex marriage wouldn’t affect heterosexuals.

Then faith-based adoption agencies had to either place children with same sex couples or close their doors. Christian florists, bakers and photographers who refused to lend their creative talents for same sex weddings faced litigation, with some losing their businesses. All the while, secular adoption agencies and wedding vendors would probably be delighted to take their money.

But you know all these things, don’t you? Why am I spending time blogging about things that I don’t even need to document because everyone knows about them?

I blog about the efforts to enforce universal celebration of LBGTQ causes because eventually proponents of those causes will demand legal sanctions against pastors who dare to preach that homosexuality is sinful. You might argue that such  a thing would never really happen. Certainly not in the United States of America!

Twenty years ago, my mom said same sex marriage would never become legal in the United States.

Obviously, we shouldn’t regard individuals within the LBGTQ community as enemies. Some feel hostile toward Christians, yes, and the more militant ones definitely want to silence us from proclaiming God’s Word about proper contexts for human sexuality. They’ve seen us as their oppressors, and now they believe we can make amends only by enthusiastically affirming their lifestyles. I actually understand their perspective.

We most assuredly should treat them kindly and respectfully, as we would treat anyone with a life-dominating sin. At the same time, we mustn’t compromise God’s Word in an effort to placate them. They have begun to bully us, sincerely believing that we’ve bullied them for centuries. They unwittingly serve as Satan’s agents to bring down Christ’s Church.

Therefore we walk the delicate balance of loving them as individuals made in God’s image and standing firmly against the LBGTQ agenda. We will suffer persecution. Our pastors (and some us us) will go to prison. I don’t think many of us realize that LBGTQ issues will be the main vehicle for initiating persecution against Christians in the 21st Century.

Maybe you already know these things. But maybe you needed a reminder.

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