Don't ever forget that, for some folks, “separation of church and state” is a half-measure. It's just a pit stop on the road to de-Christianizing America. It's a temporary means to a much bigger end.
Over the weekend, I was honored to sign a document called the Nashville Statement. It's a basic declaration of Christian orthodoxy on sexuality, sexual orientation, and sexual identity. Its 14 articles can be boiled down to a simple statement: We believe the Bible is the word of God, and the word of God declares that sexual intimacy is reserved for the lifelong union of a man and a woman in marriage. It acknowledges the reality of same-sex attraction as well as the reality of transgender self-conceptions, but denies that God sanctions same-sex sexual activity or a transgendered self-conception that is at odds with biological reality.
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