{"id":50738,"date":"2015-07-10T17:28:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bp_mouneer_aniss_statement_regarding_the_us_supreme_court_ruling_for_same-s\/"},"modified":"2015-07-10T17:28:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:28:42","slug":"bp_mouneer_aniss_statement_regarding_the_us_supreme_court_ruling_for_same-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50738","title":{"rendered":"Bp Mouneer Anis\u2019s statement regarding the US Supreme Court Ruling for same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGod Gave Them Over Into a Depraved Mind\u201d\u009d<br \/>It is sad to hear that The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. The excuse for this is promoting human rights and achieving equality. I think that this ruling is wrong and will have serious and destructive consequences on the American society and other societies, which will follow the steps of the United States. There is no doubt that this decision contradicts God\u2019s purpose and plan for the creation in a clear way. We know that God created human on his image as male and female to \u201cBe fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.\u201d\u009d (Genesis 1:28) He also created man and woman to complement each other physically and psychologically.<\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s plan is the best for human being, however the ruling of same sex marriage which contradicts God\u2019s plan, will lead to human misery and disintegration of the family hence the damage and collapse of the whole society.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nWe urge all American and Western churches to adhere to the teachings of the scripture and God\u2019s plan for relations; they should resist societal pressures to make same sex marriage a norm. The Church has to remain as the light that conquers the darkness and the evils of this world. Churches in the West should shape their society with their spiritual values and should not permit the opposite where society shapes the values of the Church. \u201cWe must obey God rather than human beings!\u201d\u009d (Acts 5:29)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dioceseofegypt.org\/2015\/06\/god-gave-them-over-into-a-depraved-mind\">Read it all<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGod Gave Them Over Into a Depraved Mind\u201d\u009dIt is sad to hear that The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. The excuse for this is promoting human rights and achieving<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50738\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,39,50,576,74,175,168,133,114,98,203,108,112,404,34,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-civil-unions-partnerships","category-anglican-provinces","category-anthropology","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-history","category-law-legal-issues","category-marriage-family","category-middle-east","category-religion-culture","category-sexuality","category-the-episcopal-church-of-jerusalem-and-the-middle-east","category-theology","category-theology-scripture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}