Despite a 2015 United States Supreme Court decision, despite the OK by several Christian denominations, gay marriage – and homosexuality, in general – is something many Americans are still wrestling with.
For millennia, the practice was an aberration, biblically forbidden and socially shunned. Today, right or wrong, in an increasingly secular society where people feel free of any restrictions on their actions – religious or otherwise, it is becoming more widely accepted.
However, a Tennessee Baptist minister and hardware store owner has decided he doesn’t need to wrestle with the issue. Earlier this week, according to various media, he stuck a sign in his window proclaiming “No Gays Allowed.”
Whether you agree with gay marriage and gay clergy, whether you agree with this week’s Supreme Court narrow decision on the right of a Colorado cake shop owner to refuse his artistic services to a gay couple, refusing to simply sell to gays should be a bridge too far for any person of compassion and faith.
“Christianity is under attack,” minister/owner Jeff Amyx said, according to Knoxville’s WBIR. “This (this week’s Supreme Court decision) is a great win, don’t get me wrong, but this is not the end. This is just the beginning. Right now, we’re seeing a ray of sunshine. This is ‘happy days’ for Christians all over America, but dark days will come.”