Friday, April 17, 2015

Taking a stand for traditional marriage, or excluding an oppressed minority?

A hot issue is developing here in Colorado. Colorado Christian University holds something called the Western Conservative Summit yearly. This year the Log Cabin Republicans said they wanted to have a booth, and they threatened to make a controversy if they were not allowed to have a booth. They are a group of gay Republicans. They were told that they would be welcome to attend the meetings, but not allowed to have a booth.

Update:A compromise has been reached. Steve House, the newly elected leader of the Republican Party in Colorado, approached John Andrews, the man who puts together the Western Conservative Summit for Colorado Christian University. House offered to have the Log Cabin Republicans exhibit at the Colorado Republican Party booth. His offer was accepted by Andrews.

Now the question in my mind is, will the leftist gay movement accept the compromise? I doubt it.

Update 2:: Two talk radio hosts I respect, Ken Clark and Kris Cook, had a vigorous debate on this issue before the House/Andrews compromise was reached. Kris was arguing another, related point: Does the government really have any right to have anything to do with defining marriage? Ken replied that government first got involved because of interracial marriage, and he agreed with Kris that government should have no involvement in defining marriage. Kris termed it using government to promote a theocratic, Biblical worldview, and that it is hypocritical to then say you are doing it because you stand for liberty!

Ken pointed out that Christians are being persecuted. They are actually being killed by jihadists, and persecuted here at home.

Kris noted that the Conference is trying to get conservatives elected "so they can use the guns of government." She does not want the Republican Party to turn away allies, like the Log Cabin Republicans. Her point is that government needs to be rolled back, and we individual Americans need more, not less liberty! She further points out that gay Republicans have many allies, especially among Millenials and Generation Z citizens (That's the first time I have heard that term).

Kris also argued for the Republican Party to be inclusive, rather than exclusive.

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