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Related: About this forumMegachurch pastor rejects his father’s bigotry: Jesus would want you to bake a gay wedding cake
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/megachurch-pastor-rejects-his-fathers-bigotry-jesus-would-want-you-to-bake-a-gay-wedding-cake/TRAVIS GETTYS
08 MAY 2015 AT 10:35 ET
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The head of an Atlanta megachurch has rejected his pastor fathers hateful views on homosexuality and says the church should be the safest place on the planet for gay young people.
Andy Stanley, who has turned North Point Ministries into one the nations largest churches, said Christians must stop driving gay teens away from the church saying that politics should not overrule biblical teachings, reported Project Q.
There is not consensus in this room when it comes to same-sex attraction; there is not consensus in this room when it comes to gay marriage, Stanley told a gathering of church leaders last month in California. We just cant continue to look into the filter of our politics at our spirituality. Its got to be the other way around and specifically when it comes to this issue.
His views stand in stark contrast to his father who once hired armed security guards on horseback to protect his church from Atlanta gay pride marchers.
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Megachurch pastor rejects his father’s bigotry: Jesus would want you to bake a gay wedding cake (Original Post)
cbayer
May 2015
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A big step.
okasha
(11,573 posts)2. A very big step.
A megachurch pastor acts like....a pastor!
cbayer
(146,218 posts)3. Yes, indeed. I hope he gives others the courage to take a similar stance.
These guys can see which way the wind is blowing.