Good morning,
I live in a neighborhood near your church, and would like to express my distaste for the message on your sign this week. I normally get a decent chuckle from your signs. However, I find this week’s sign message, which states “Legalizing sin does not make it harmless,” extremely offensive and irresponsible.
I have been happily married to my wife for almost exactly five years. We have been in a relationship for a little over seven years. We have a large number of gay friends and family members, all of whom we love dearly. My cousin and her wife got married when San Francisco was issuing marriage licenses for same sex couples back in February of 2004, have been married and exclusive for over four years. My gay friends who are in committed relationships have some of the best relationships that I have ever witnessed. They love and care for each other, and are good people.
I am curious as to how you think gay marriage “harms” people. Who exactly does it harm, and how? It seems that with the plethora of gay friends and family that my wife and I associate with that our relationship should surely have been damaged by our associations. It hasn’t, and we are still going strong after five years of marriage.
On your website in a large font, it states “We welcome you!” If you really welcome everyone, why the intolerant sign message?
Sincerely, Liam Ferris
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What made the writer of the letter assume the sign referred to a gay issue. Why not assume it referred to drugs, euthanasia, or abortion or even unfounded divorce?
The reason that I, the writer of the letter, knew it referred to gay marriage is that it went up immediately after the California Supreme Court made the decision to allow gay marriage in May of 2008. The church is in California. In addition, their messages frequently refer to current affairs. It really wasn’t much of a stretch.
When I confronted the pastor of the congregation about my concerns, he did not deny that it referred to gay marriage.
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