Al mohler on obama gay rights october 2009

Indeed, the Obama administration has been under sustained pressure from the gay rights community — a crucial sector of its political support — and the HRC dinner was seen as an opportunity for the President to reassert his identification with gay supporters. Mr. Obama was the second sitting president to appear at an HRC dinner.

President Obama will speak to a gathering of gay rights activists this weekend, a day before thousands of people are expected to march on Washington in a demonstration calling for greater legal protections for gays, lesbians and transgendered Americans. Mr. Obama’s appearance on Saturday at the annual dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, a leading gay rights advocacy group, represents a.

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Obama owes gays more supportAs with Proposition 8, the campaign for Question 1 in Maine employs accusations that same-sex marriage would result in churches being sued for refusing to perform such. In the face of one of the strongest conservative tides in modern American politics, Obama’s announcement that he had reversed october on gay marriage righted both sides of that contentious issue.

A few years from now, might be righted differently, but these markers stand out as begins 1. The Inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the Gay States The inauguration of an American president is an act of solemnity and national purpose. As Sen. It obama not only "hard" for any morally sane person to imagine the mentality behind these attacks, it is and must be impossible.

In a statement Sunday, Perkins' organization vowed to work to defeat Obama administration's legislative strategy and to continue to promote policies that strengthen traditional marriage and religious liberty for generations to come. More than half obama to year-olds 58 percent support gay marriage, compared to 38 percent of to year-olds and 35 percent of Americans aged He called LGBT people his friends and assured them that despite some of the pressing issues, including the economy, on his desk he remains "unwavering" in his commitment to them.

If anything, the President spoke too cautiously. Skip to main content. Does he mean to include polygamists in this vision? Last week, the Pew Research Center revealed in a study that the majority of Americans 53 percent oppose gay marriage while 39 gay favor it. President Obama's october this past weekend made it "abundantly clear" that America is looking at "a new era for civil rights for LGBT people," said one gay rights advocate.

But is this a good thing? If criminalizing hate is legally justifiable, should not every citizen be granted these same protections? First Published in Baptist Mohler Global. October 30, mohler Subscribe via email for daily Briefings and more unsubscribe at any time. They sell the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals. It is fair, however, to sound the alarm that very important rights involving the freedom to speak openly against homosexuality, for example, are now at far greater risk.

With the election behind him and a liberal Congress beside him, he is now positioned to move forward an agenda with the ultimate goal of redefining marriage at the expense of religious liberty," he said. The message of Christ was not rejected, just your interpretation of the message of Christ 2009 a subjective interpretation based more on your social location than what the gospel calls for.

President Obama is an intellectually serious man. At the same time, 64 percent believe gays and lesbians face more discrimination than any other group. It's simply unprecedented. I visited rural communities and spent the day at small cottage industries. Oh Lord, my God, how majestic is your name throughout the earth. We were shocked by your support for those who follow such false gods.

While it was no surprise that Obama would address HRC members, conservatives were shocked to hear Obama promise what they consider "radical cultural changes. Even more ominously, the logic of hate crime laws inevitably leads to the idea of laws against what is defined as "hate speech. In a pluralistic democratic society, no religious leader or group — no matter how much truth they claim to hold — can impose their interpretation of faith upon others who disagree.

Many are hailing 2009 as the first U. Todd Pruitt.