The Faith Amendment

It painfully clear these days that the church is under attack. Historically there have been opponents of the Christian teachings but over time their tactics have changed. Now the attacks often come from inside the church.

Case in point is training from Human Rights Campaign. They bill themselves as "the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization" and they are going after clergy. This week they will launch Clergy Call 2009, a year-long educational effort to "facilitate faith-based mobilization within congregations and local communities".

Here is how they describe the campaign:

Beginning this summer, HRC will support faith-based trainings throughout the
country with a particular targeted emphasis on transgender education in 40
communities. The trainings will lead into the national Clergy Call event
May 4-5, 2009 and will propel faith leaders to organize and advocate locally for
GLBT equality.

The political landscape has changed since
2004, when we witnessed the use of anti-gay tactics to swing voters.
Clergy Call offers an opportunity for us to reach out to targeted
congressional districts and push back on the religious right’s use of faith as a
weapon against GLBT people.

So now moral opposition based on biblical truth is a "weapon"? Once our clergy abandons biblical truth (as many already have) not only does the definition of love, marriage & family change, but so does the meaning of Christian, clergy & church.

While we should never use the Bible as a weapon, we should use it as an unchanging guide and a moral foundation.