The dearly departed sure is not gay now.
They could have offered to continue with the service, but make it clear that homosexuality is a sin, and give an invitation to receive forgiveness, salvation, and help. If the parents agreed to that, then fine. Otherwise, find another church which bows to political pressure.
Watch Holder & Co bring a nondiscrimination or public accomodation lawsuit.
Yeah, sweetie, you want the pastor's wrong doing exposed. Right.
Physician heal thyself.
Sorry. Way too tenuous a connection to justify demand the church allow a service for the dead reprobate.
hang on. Husband and husband HUH.
And they wonder why people think there is something wrong with them mentally.
So why didn't they hold the funeral at the church attended by the deceased and his "husband?
I starting to see a lot of this. Christian people, who have a family member who is homosexual, upset that their church or other Christians frown upon homosexual behavior.
Why didn’t they, knowing he was likely to die, preplan his funeral? I mean Julion, you or your “husband” could have asked first.
Just Sayin’
“This is 2014, this is not the 60s or the 70s,” Capers said. “So at the end of the day I just want his wrong-doing to be exposed.
What does the year have to do with the Bible’s teachings?
Apparently this guy thinks the church is there to celebrate secular proclivities.
By not holding a funeral for this man, the pastor is showing a very unforgiving, judgmental attitude.
We all sin. Will we not hold funerals for adulterers and alcoholics?
Will we not hold funerals for thieves?
How about we just hold funerals for perfect humans?
Hurting family members after the death of their son is wrong.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I’ve always believed that funerals are for the living. I have sympathy for this family. They did nothing wrong, except love and honor their son.
Whatever happened to hate the sin, love the sinner. I think this pastor needs to examine his motives and spend some time in prayerful meditation.
HAHA, no law against this yet.
These people scoff at Churches that believe homosexuality is a sin yet wish to ... USE the church to hold their memorial and then are indignant when the Church doesn’t agree. Disgusting. Do they belong to a church where the pastor knew they were gay? USE that church or hold a gravesite service at the cemetery.
Their church, their rules. Still, if a convicted murderer had died, would they bury him? God hates murder, too.
Given enough time, Capers may eventually come to comprehend that his and the deceased loved ones family's attempt to deliberately trick a church into holding a funeral ceremony, was even more “disrespectful and wrong” than the last minute cancellation by the church.
He, and probably some others, will continue to think he was the injured party due to the last minute religious ceremony cancellation.
10% of our population is left handed.
About 5% is red headed.
Less than 3% identify as “gay” (CDC).
I don’t care what consenting adults do in their bedroom. I do care about the radical homosexual agenda and it’s harm to our culture. I want my grandkids to know that marriage and biology call for a man and a woman to create life. Period.
That said, it’s up to the church leader to decide if they perform funerals for homosexuals. No different than the Colorado bakers who refused to supply their labor for a gay wedding.
2. Why the push to have this man's funeral at a church that (as far as can be assumed from the article) he never attended, nor believed its teachings?
2. Other than Catholic funeral masses, I've never attended nor even heard of funeral services being held in a church. They are done at the funeral home.
The family should have handled this issue at the time they requested use of the church...