Now, I don't usually enter into this topic because I know where most of my friends fall on both sides of it and I have come to feel that social media is not the place to openly and honestly and kindly and lovingly and genuinely have discussions.. about anything.
What I know and will say is this:
These were 50 people (maybe more) that did nothing to this person that killed them. It wasn't revenge for a wrong done. These individuals did not each of them commit a crime against this person for which he needed payback, as if even that would make it ok.
They were not on a battle field where almost anything goes. They were not at Paschendale or Vimy Ridge or Normandy or Bunker Hill.
The reality is that no one deserves to be arbitrarily killed because of how they identify themselves. NO ONE. We can make arguments (if you fall in evangelical circles) about sin and degrees of sin but the truth is that we lost the legal right to act out justice on who lives or dies when Christ came and fulfilled the law. And all praises for that because no way would I be able to stone one of my kids for being lippy.
Christ came as the fulfillment and grace of God’s love for all people, and he gently, graciously, radically drew the line in the sand and made the Pharisees drop their stones. And if you are going to fight to preserve the lives of unborn babies because "every life is precious" - any one of whom might grow up to be LGBTQ then their lives are equally worth fighting for no matter how old they are.
We don't get to tell people wether or not God loves them. We don't get to speak for God. We get to show Christ's love. And how did Christ love? By laying His life down for ours, one lash, one thorn, one nail, one spear at a time.
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