Unlike Ashley Stringfield, I believe that being Christian means believing in all progressive values, including being pro-choice and embracing equal values for all. I think it’s a travesty to say that there is something “inherently wrong” with being Christian and supporting these values.
I am pro-choice because being Christian means respecting other points of view. Besides, the Bible does not give a clear-cut position on abortion because the procedure was not common in those days. A passage in Exodus even states that the life of a child before birth isn’t worth as much as a full-fledged human being.
I support gay marriage because I believe God loves all people equally. To pick and choose a Bible verse and condemn (as well as deny a set of rights to) a group of people based on sexual orientation is discriminatory and wrong. In 1967, the courts struck down bans on interracial marriage, which in public opinion were labeled as illegal, immoral and ungodly.
As far as I’m concerned, these so-called moral values are only going to hold temporary interest until the right finds some other Bible verse that they think will justify another discriminatory, irrational and hateful movement.
The views of these radical conservatives don’t represent the lifestyles that many other moral Christians choose to abide by, and I am glad that statistics finally show that being both economically and socially liberal is gaining ground in the Christian community.
