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He was right; there shouldn’t have been a backlash
In a sane, moral society, the majority would agree with him, and he wouldn’t withdraw his remarks.
Of course, in a sane, moral society, she wouldn’t have achieved high office.
Russell Moore: We lost the culture war. Now prepare to welcome the “refugees”!
Figures…
In June of 2015 Dr. Russell Moore wrote in the Washington Post: Ā Why the church should neither cave nor panic about the decision on gay marriage.
As I write this, the Supreme Court has handed down what will be the āRoe v. Wadeā of marriage, redefining marriage in all 50 states. This is a sober moment, and I am a conscientious dissenter from this ruling. The Court now has disregarded thousands of years of definition of the most foundational unit of society, and the cultural changes here will be broad and deep. So how should the church respond?
Moore explains that Christians have lost the culture war regarding marriage and asserts that in this regard our new reality bears some resemblance to the early persecuted church:
Moreover, while this decision will, I believe, ultimately hurt many people and families and civilization itself, the gospel doesnāt need āfamily valuesā toā¦
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If ‘cultural appropriation’ is such a bad thing, why not ‘gender appropriation’?
#GenderAppropriation oughta be a hashtag…
Remember: Culture War Can Be Waged Back! š
Drag queen was to star in Madrid Epiphany parade today
It’s not enough they have their own parades; they have to colonize Christian ones like St. Patrick’s, too, and now this:
Conservative politicians in Madrid have condemned the decision to cast two women and a celebrated drag queen as an alternative “Three Wise Men” in a local Epiphany parade.
The trio will star on one of 16 floats at the event in the Puente de Vallecas district on 5 January.
Drag queen La Prohibida will be joined by cabaret dancer Roma CalderĆ³n and hip hop singer DnoĆ© Lamiss.
The three will be dressed as stuffed animals in pyjamas.
The annual Three Kings parades, held the night before Epiphany on 5 January, are a much-loved feature of Spanish Christmas celebrations, popular with children.
Traditionally, three local men dress up as the Magi from the Christmas story and process through their town or village, handing out sweets.
This year’s alternative version was proposed by the Orgullo Vallekano association, a Gay Pride collective in Madrid’s Vallecas neighbourhood.
“We planned to do a parallel parade but when we proposed it in the municipal council, they told us to join the main one,” a representative told El Mundo (in Spanish).
“It’s yet another example of the diversity of Madrid,” said supporter Carla Antonelli, a gay rights activist and Socialist Party politician.
However, critics have argued that Madrid City Council should respect the parades’ traditional form.
“We support Gay Pride and the rest of the celebrations, but we believe the Kings’ Day should be respected as a religious holiday,” said Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, the Popular Party’s spokesman for Madrid council.
“Sometimes, a Cavalcade of Kings must simply be what the children expect it to be – a Cavalcade of Kings,” tweeted BegoƱa VillacĆs, a Madrid councillor for the centre-right Ciudadanos party.
Singer La Prohibida – also known as Amapola LĆ³pez – says that is not a problem, and that she hopes to enrich the traditional festivities.
“The parade is for children and it will be a party for the children. There will be no glitter, no crowns, no different dresses… It is a festive thing, but it is neither the Carnival of the Canary Islands nor Gay Pride,” the drag queen told El Mundo.
In her view, all traditions evolve – and it is the ones that adapt for modern times that endure.
People could equally ask why “SpongeBob Squarepants or the Star Wars characters” take part in a religious parade, she noted.
That’s a fair point; really, pop culture B.S. of any kind should be rejected…
