Faithfulness and the Future
by Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism:
The assumption of power by the political left, which is taking both the White House and Congress, with the ideas of the hard left as the driving force, puts traditional Christians in a position in which we must take stock and assess our non-negotiables. As previous articles by this writer have tried to emphasize, there is no area of Christian life which is safe from the attacks of the secular left. This is because Christian doctrine is thought to be cruel, both in its sexual morality, and its belief in eternal punishment.
The secular left sees the Judeo-Christian tradition as the enemy, and will endeavor to destroy the Christian subculture. For the last two decades this has been done with antidiscrimination law and (as much as is possible in this country) hate speech doctrine. Now there are more direct attacks proposed on families and churches, using transgenderism (to destroy parental authority) and the general police power of the state (to require acceptance of the sexual revolution in churches).
It is the first of the two issues mentioned – sexual morality – that has been the presenting issue, both in the churches, and in the wider society. The increasing acceptance of non-marital sexual relations from the 1960s on, and the increasingly greater acceptance of divorce and remarriage – what might be called the initial phase of the sexual revolution – did not result in a great threat to religious freedom. While it corroded the national culture, Christians did not have to be involved with it, and there was no attempt by the state to require acceptance of it. But this was followed by the homosexual revolution, which was accompanied by civil rights laws, which are interpreted to mandate acceptance of homosexuality in all of public life.
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