Friday, September 4, 2015

The ‘Wait, What?!’ of the Week, September 4, 2015

Kim Davis has been in the news a lot lately. The county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, has refused to issues marriage licenses since June. She says her Christian faith prevents her from sanctioning same-sex marriage. Yesterday Mrs. Davis was found in contempt of court and jailed. (Yes, you read that right. Not suspended, not transferred to another dept., not fired, but JAILED!)

Supporters of same-sex marriage have been gleefully mocking Mrs. Davis because it was discovered that she has been married four times. The reporter who wrote a scathing piece for U.S. World and News Report offered these snarky comments: “Kim Davis believes so strongly in traditional marriage that she couldn't stop at just one,” and, “I wonder what Kim Davis’ first, second and third husbands think of her take on marriage?” A New York Times reporter tweeted this: “Wow. That Kentucky clerk has quite a record of biblical transgressions.”

However, all these preening reporters are quite aware that Mrs. Davis did not convert to Christianity until just four years ago, long after her three divorces.

Wait. What?! Everyone is mocking her for “biblical transgressions” that happened before she even believed the Bible is the Word of God? Everyone is jumping ugly on this woman because she didn’t embody the Christian view of marriage during a time before she converted to Christianity? Does that seem even remotely fair?

Instead of all the snark, a more accurate headline would be this: “Kentucky clerk did not follow Christianity when she was not a Christian.” Hmm, not quite as sensational, is it?

I realize Kim Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples has a lot of people very upset. At this moment in history the mob rule—er, I mean, the majority view, says we must celebrate all things gay. Personally, I think she should’ve simply resigned. But being tossed in the slammer (while, for example, Hillary Clinton remains free?!) just goes to show that the Lavender Mafia absolutely will not tolerate ANY dissent.

Speaking of Hillary, she offered this comment after Mrs. Davis was jailed: “[Government] officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law—end of story.” OMG! I didn’t realize Hillary was trying her hand at stand-up comedy! What a line, especially coming from someone who evaded public-record laws, violated the Espionage Act, and obstructed justice by destroying evidence. Oh, she’s a hoot! Hillary should get her own Comedy Central special.

Another sad aspect of the Kim Davis story is the mainstream media’s complete inability to report on religious issues. I mean, they have no clue what faith is. In this case, they have no understanding of one of the most basic concepts of Christianity: repentance and forgiveness, and turning one’s life around after professing faith in Christ.

Another example: Earlier this week the Pope announced that priests may forgive women of the sin of abortion. Not a single news outlet that I saw understood that priests in virtually all of the U.S. already are allowed to do this. However, the grand prize for “faith illiteracy” goes to MSNBC, which reported on the Pope’s announcement with this headline: “Pope says priests can allow this Catholic sin [abortion].”

Allow? As in saying it’s OK?! Um, look, I understand that MSNBC has very high progressive standards; that is, they hire only atheists. But is it too much to ask that SOMEONE on the staff has even a slight idea of what religion is?

And just think, everyone groaned and said Cardinal George was being hysterical when he offered this prediction a few years ago: “I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.” 

We are definitely living in a post-Christian culture, and the next 5 or 10 or 100 years are going to be very interesting.


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