Thrown to the wolves: what happens when you dare to question the trans agenda

Mar 23, 2018 by Andrew Symes

by David Robertson, The Wee Flea.

[…] As anyone who has ever had to face the fury of Trans activists will understand – this has not been a pleasant week. It has felt like being thrown to the wolves. Sometimes the secular media seems to get this a lot better than the church. I read this fascinating article in Unherd on why the media just doesn’t get trans issues

I was stuck by their final comment:

“Who, though, is brave enough to give a platform for the other side of the argument? At the moment, some are allowed to speak, and others are actively being silenced. What is this Orwellian nightmare our news media has enabled?”

All I can say is that I have been trying. As I indicated in the earlier article I am glad to be out of the country just now although I wish there was someone else who would take all the media phone calls and requests for interviews. But this is going to get a lot worse. It’s ironic that I am preparing to speak next weekend at the Katoomba Easter Christian Convention, on the subject of courage! Because we are going to need it – and I am not ashamed to admit I am scared.

What can you do? Pray…please. Private messages of support – thanks. Public statements of support even better. Most won’t write to newspapers or be asked to publicly comment, but what you can do is just say a word in season when you have the opportunity. You can speak up in your schools, universities and workplaces – in a tactful, loving and honest manner. Especially when you are asked. And if, as a result of someone reading about what I said, you are asked what you think and if you support me, please don’t give the kind of political, ‘neutral’ answer that the Free Church did (because that just adds fuel to the fire). Dare to say yes and be prepared to give an answer when you are asked why. The more people who stand up and refuse to be intimidated, the more we are likely to see things change for the better.

The trouble is that the way that the question is so often framed is wrong. It is always set up as if you are against Queer theory (the view that gender is a social construct and can be changed at will) then you must hate trans people. I don’t. And I would plead with anyone who reads this – not to hate anyone – and especially trans people. They too are people made in the image of God who need to see, know and experience the love of God. But it’s precisely because of that love that we need to speak out. We must refuse to be bullied and intimidated by those who hate in the name of love. And we must never stoop to hatred, or give into fear.

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