Personally, I think the Pastor is an arse, but it is his right to be an arse and not the business of government to take sides in a private dispute here.
I don’t. If the father and son knew that this is a Biblical Christian church, they needed to either choose a different venue or not wish for the sodomite son to be tacitly condoned by the church, by singing hymns under its auspices. This kind of “go along to get along” mess (the “going along” onus is always on the Christian party) is what got us where we are today.
Yeah, pretty much agree.
I might even have sympathy if the OBJECT of the funeral was homo. No services for a homo, per se. But this is supposedly just an accessory asked to do certain things.
As pastor I would request he refrain from having his “partner” very publicly obvious.
What part of “an abomination” is difficult to grasp?
If this faggot is going to be advertising his faggotry to the world - and we both know that is exactly what he will do regardless of the alleged purpose of him showing up - then he shouldn’t be welcome in a church or synagogue.
I wouldn’t call him an ass but I agree this is taking it too far.
There's invariably only one reason this uncomfortable fact is even known. It's because the son has made this publicly known, and may even flaunt his disorder.
There's a difference between a sinful, fallen human being (we all fit that description) and a "public sinner." Look it up, and you'll see why the pastor is 100% correct here.
Let him meet his father’s wishes in his OWN church. Imposing his will on a church just because his father claims to have been there once long ago is a bit over the top.
Until, of course, the “same sex couple” sues the pastor...