Thread by @DennyBurk

They aren’t “anti-gay.” They’ll serve anyone who needs help.

They do expect their workers to be Xtians & to hold to the org’s statement of faith. If that statement of faith is “anti-gay,” then all Xtians everywhere are “anti-gay” because this is what all Xtians believe.

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https://twitter.com/jonathanmerritt/status/1245347904849674245

The Statement of Faith is a run-of-the-mill declaration of evangelical Christian beliefs. The section on sexuality reflects what all Christians everywhere have believed throughout the entire 2,000-year history of the church. Nothing novel or new here.

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From the statement:

“We believe God’s plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other...”

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“...God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.”

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samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/s…

Again, every branch of Christianity throughout history would agree with this statement—Roman Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, etc. This is simply what Xtians have always believed. To fault Samaritan’s Purse for believing these things is to fault them for being Xtian.

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Are some people really imposing a religious test on who can dispense charitable medical care in New York? Are Christian orgs allowed to help?

If your boat is sinking, you might want to think twice about attacking those who are trying to help you bail water.

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