I have listened to several comments and opinions concerning the decision of the United States government to legalise gay marriage in God’s own country.
At first, I felt unconcerned. After all, I’m not an American (I only go there for short holidays). Besides, it is the choice of those who practice gayism to be part of it anyway.
So I had no reason to give myself undue headache. But I was shocked to the marrow after realising that there are plans by American government to pressurise the Nigerian government to drop its anti-gay laws.
The U.S Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, on Monday stated that the Obama administration is committed to pressuring Nigeria and other countries where anti-gay laws exist, to banish such laws.
Greenfield was said to have announced the news during a live web chat with journalists in Washington, DC. International Business Times reports that “Obama has adopted protection of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community as part of its foreign policy agenda.”
The comments credited to Greenfield stated that “As a government, it is one of the highest priorities and strongest values that discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation and gender identity is wrong. We believe human rights should be available to everybody.”
Thomas-Greenfield said during a live web chat with journalists in Washington, D.C., according to Gay Star News. “As a policy, we will continue to press the government of Nigeria as well as other government who have provided legislation against the LGBT community.”
I strongly believe that Mr. Obama is derailing, if he has not completely lost focus. A man who has refused to reciprocate the respect Nigeria has for his country by visiting us, is now proposing gayism to us!
This is incredible. Bishop T.D. Jakes, founding pastor of The Potter’s House in Dallas, Texas, also spoke on the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage during a service on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
Jakes informed worshipers at The Potter’s House in Dallas that he had been ‘bombarded’ by various people wanting to know his thoughts on the Supreme Court’s ruling last Friday that state bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional.
“I’m not really as concerned about this as a lot of people are,” said Jakes during service on Sunday, according to a video excerpt of his remarks published online. “I’m really not as concerned about it. I think that we should not lose our mind about the world being the world and the Church being the Church.
This is not a news flash. The world is gonna be the world and the Church is gonna be the Church, and you have to understand the difference.”
The influential megachurch pastor, bestselling author and film producer went on to explain to his congregation that the Supreme Court, as a worldly institution, has one job: to uphold the rights of all Americans. “The Supreme Court is there to make a decision based on constitutional rights and legalities that fit all Americans.
They are not debating Scripture,” he said, which led to applause from the congregation. “They are just not debating Scripture,” Jakes repeated. “I guarantee you that they were not in there looking at Romans 1 and First Corinthians this and weighing it against the policies.
We have bought into all this rhetoric about America being a Christian nation,” Jakes said. He went on to suggest that indeed America has a lot of Christians in it, but the country is governed as a democracy and not by theocratic principles.
“But what we do need to watch is that our religious freedom is also respected and protected so that we don’t have to get caught up in the winds of the world and go the way the world is going,” Jakes added. “So we need to watch that as we grapple with an ever-changing society, and our society is becoming more and more pluralistic.
“There’s nothing to say that Christianity will be the dominant religion in this country. I hope it will. It’s up to us,” he added, going on to say that Christians have “stopped witnessing” and “stopped winning souls” and continue to isolate themselves from people who do not “believe like we believe.”