In 2009, after taking office, President Obama declared the month of June “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.” Now he has endorsed so-called same-sex “marriage.”
On June 1, a group of African-American pastors requested a meeting with the President to discuss their concerns with his “endorsement of gay marriage as a civil right.” These pastors believe that when government works to promote sin, Christians cannot be silent.
Aren’t we compelled to ask: 1) What are the basic rights of American citizens? 2) When God’s Word calls a particular choice or behavior immoral and, therefore, a sin, should it be celebrated as a basic right under the guise of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?” 3) What happens when a government such as ours creates “rights” based on changeable or controllable behavior?
President Obama has often referred to his Christian faith. In this case, it is reported that he told the African-American pastors that he knows that he should treat others as he wants to be treated. Well, that leads me to another question:
What does it mean to love our neighbor as ourselves?
Sometimes, our neighbors make choices different from ours. Sometimes they offend, irritate, or intimidate us. Nevertheless, they remain our neighbors. We are called to love God by loving and serving the best interests of our neighbors. This does not mean we must endorse their choices or behaviors, especially if those behaviors offend God. It does mean that we are to support and care for our neighbors even when we cannot support a behavior that God labels sinful.
We love our neighbors best when we fear, love, and trust in God first. Knowing God and His design for our lives as male and female helps us to serve our neighbors, not by approving of wrong things, but by seeing them as real people who struggle (as I do) with real challenges and temptations. Martin Luther wrote, “We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way.”
The Word — Jesus Christ — is Truth. When he calls something a sin, it is so. Our vocation as Christians is to be faithful to the Word of Truth and, at the same time, be kind in how we contrast deception with truth, darkness with light, evil with good.
For those who want to be kind to their neighbors, may I suggest:
Exodus International and Parents & Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays
Ezerwoman's Blog 
“When he calls something a sin, it is so. ”
Would you mind quoting where Jesus says that homosexuality is a sin?
Once America has equal marriage, Evangelical Christians will support it, just as they now, belatedly and contrary to the Bible, oppose slavery.