What lessons were learned from the ERLC conference that might serve as a guide in the days ahead?<\/p>\n
On homosexuality and same-sex marriage, the conference stands alone, at least from my perspective, as an earnest first attempt to move evangelicals in a deliberate direction toward more loving, thoughtful engagement on issues that are deeply visceral and deeply divisive. The conference also highlighted the ongoing attempt to rehabilitate the institution of marriage in a same-sex marriage world.<\/p>\n
Simply being against same-sex marriage is an insufficient apologetic for rebuilding marriage as a cultural fixture. When deviations from marriage\u201d\u201dsuch as cohabitation, divorce, and promiscuity\u201d\u201dbecome routine, same-sex marriage can seem intelligible and acceptable. In attempts to halt the dictatorship of sexual relativism, the ERLC is dedicated to helping undo the foundations of the sexual revolution that have chipped away at marriage, not just fixing its symptoms.<\/p>\n
The conference also revealed that evangelicals are taking a play out of the pro-life handbook.<\/p>\n