This is a hard one to write. It is a true dilemma.
For those of you not in the know I would refer you to :
Now this my least favourite newspaper so I think that will be fair.
So the nub of the matter is homosexuality and the ministry and to reject this man is to be homophobic.
Well that is the way the press and Scott Rennie would like us to see it. However that is not the case. I have no real problem with anyone who tells me that they are homosexual. Nor does the Bible. It is not an issue at all.
What is a clear and fundamental part of Christianity is that it teaches that homosexual activity is wrong and not something that can be welcomed within the Church or the Christian community. That's what we believe just as we believe that marriage is for life and is sacred and the only place for sex. So we hold no truck with folk who live together and by that I mean that is not an acceptable place to be as a Christian.
So this analogy makes the point a little clearer I think. The issue here is about Christian values and morality. If he were to be thinking about moving into his new charge with a live in female lover then he would be found to be wanting and indeed his call would not have been sustained. Why? Because Marriage is sacred and part of the expected lifestyle of the Christian. Living together is not.
So Scott plans to move his boyfriend into the Manse and live in an openly active homosexual relationship. That is just as unacceptable.
The fact that he is gay is not really the issue.
This of course is not the case being made in the press at the moment.
He also took ordination vows as I did to uphold the peace and unity of the Church. It seems in his orchestrated and high profile media campaign that is hell bent on doing anything but uphold the peace and unity of the church.
There is an online petition.
It is with reluctance I have signed it :
I am saddened by his actions.
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