Redefining love?

I read this post this morning by way of my friends Jim & Brenda’s Straight, not Narrow blog. Just a brief excerpt:

I say this to the religious people who oppose marriage equality:

You think we’re redefining marriage?

How can you accuse us of that when you’ve done something far worse?

You redefined love.

“Love the sinner, hate the sin”? Please…

For you, “love” means making sure gay people cannot adopt a child who needs a home.
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For you, “love” means accepting someone only if they never act on their sexuality.
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For you, “love” means allowing doctors to refuse patients who need their help because the patients are gay.
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This fits so well with what I learned at BSSE about how we have to interact with people on the basis of love and honor – not scolding and correction – if we want to have a gospel worth telling people about. It also challenges Christians to look at what they’re really doing and saying.

Doug