Marriage, as Jesus defines it in Matthew 19””where a man leaves his father and mother and joins with his wife in covenant marriage””is a core evangelical belief.
It might not seem that way these days, when we hear of a few people making news by changing their views on sexuality and marriage, but we are in a season of one evangelical organization after another feeling the need to make clear their position on marriage.
That’s the bigger story than the celebrity of the moment.
I would find the statement:
“It seems obvious—if your church held that marriage is between one man and one woman for one lifetime, then you would not employ people who hold a different view from your church. That’s just how belief-based organizations work. They hire according to their beliefs.”
more believable if there was any sense that Evangelical organizations were holding the line on those who believe divorce and remarriage are acceptable as strongly as they are acting on the issue of same-sex marriage.
#1–I have said 100 times it is very easy to be against a sin you have no chance of ever committing. Which is why we continue to rail against Gene Robinson but never said a peep about Barry Beisner.