I cannot count the number of times I have heard people, including some Christians, say that Christians should adjust their view of sexuality (viz., become “welcoming and affirming” and support same-sex marriage) because, otherwise, they are going to turn out to be “on the wrong side of history.” That’s code for turning out to have been like our ancestors who defended slavery, oppression of women, and resisted the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Allegedly we Christians all dragged our feet on those movements for justice.
First of all, let me say that we need to stop accepting that ALL Christians dragged our feet on those movements and turned out to be on the “wrong side of history” about them. SOME Christians were in the forefront of those justice movements—arguing for abolition of slavery, equality of women, and full civil rights for minorities long before the rest of society got on their bandwagons.
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