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Southern Baptist Replies The U.S Supreme Court On 'gay Marriage' by seuner: 7:27am On Jul 09, 2015
The president of the Southern Baptist
Convention has a message regarding the
looming Supreme Court decision on same-sex
marriage: We will not obey.

“The Supreme Court of the United States is not
the final authority nor is the culture itself,”
declared Ronnie Floyd, the elected leader of the
nation’s largest Protestant denomination. “The
Bible is God’s final authority about marriage and
on this book we stand.

“While some evangelicals may be bowing down
to the deception of the inclusiveness of same-
sex marriage, we will not bow down nor will we
be silent,” Floyd declared in a fiery speech on
Tuesday. “We do not need to redefine what God
Himself has defined already.

“America – we stand believing that marriage is
the uniting of one man and one woman in
covenant commitment for a lifetime,” he said in
a thundering speech. “We have believed this and
do believe this and will continue to believe this
as a convention of churches. We stand for
biblical and traditional marriage.

Dr. Floyd reminded the gathering of something
German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer once
said: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil:
God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to
speak. Not to act is to act.”

“This is a Bonhoeffer moment for every pastor in
the United States,” Floyd said, warning ministers
that the time has come for every minister to
stand strongly and clearly – regardless of the
cost.
“That’s what Bonhoeffer did,” he said

“I declare to everyone today as a minister of the
Gospel – I will not officiate over any same-sex
unions or same-sex marriage ceremonies,” he
said. “I completely refuse.”

“And while we affirm our love for all people,
including those struggling with same-sex
attraction, we cannot and will not affirm any
behavior that deviates from God’s design for
marriage,” he said.

The issue facing Southern Baptists is one that
will face every person of faith in the United
States – do you follow God or the government?
“Our first commitment is to God and His Word –
nothing else and no one else,” Dr. Floyd said
matter-of-factly.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/06/16/southern-baptists-supreme-court-is-not-final-authority-on-gay-marriage.html

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Re: Southern Baptist Replies The U.S Supreme Court On 'gay Marriage' by chizidgreat(m): 7:30am On Jul 09, 2015
Good. I dedicate this FTC to all the gays that really wants God to save them. Receive your salvation and healing in Jesus name

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Re: Southern Baptist Replies The U.S Supreme Court On 'gay Marriage' by OJODEL10(m): 8:28am On Jul 09, 2015
This is a minister of God. He called a spade a spade no room for diplomacy, God has said something no body can re-address the issue God himself has address.

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