Former US President Jimmy Carter Endorses Gay Marriage
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Recently in the news for revealing he has advanced cancer, the conspicuously religious former Democratic president says there is nothing in his Bible to prevent civil marriage ceremonies. That's "marriage," not "civil unions," as a registered status for purposes of relationship, legal status, and taxes. Whether a church chooses to perform a same-sex marriage is, of course, a matter for individual church doctrine, but as a matter of LAW, equal rights and equal treatment are (or ought to be) unaffected by your understanding of and relationship to your chosen divine afflatus.
The story quoted below does not mention that his sister was a famous evangelical pastor as well.http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/08/jimmy-carter-sets-record-straight-on-the-bible-and-homosexuality/
Few people can compete with Jimmy Carter’s knowledge of the bible. As noted in his WikiPedia site:From a young age, Carter showed a deep commitment to Christianity. He teaches Sunday school and is a deacon at the
Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains. As president, Carter prayed several times a day, and professed that
Jesus Christ was the driving force in his life. Carter had been greatly influenced by a sermon he had heard as a young man.
It asked, “If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?” The New York Times
noted that Carter had been instrumental in moving evangelical Christianity closer to the American mainstream during and
after his presidency. . . . In April 2006, Carter, former President Bill Clinton, and Mercer University President Bill Underwood
initiated the New Baptist Covenant. The broadly inclusive movement seeks to unite Baptists of all races, cultures and
convention affiliations. Eighteen Baptist leaders representing more than 20 million Baptists across North America backed
the group as an alternative to the Southern Baptist Convention.When the Huffington Post asked Former President Carter about his views on homosexuality, this is how he responded:
Homosexuality was well known in the ancient world, well before Christ was born and Jesus never said a word about
homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things -– he never said that gay people should be condemned.
I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.Thank you, President Carter, for setting the record straight.
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Great!
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Great to hear that more and more people are now realizing that people are all that different.
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