Westboro Baptist Church, the hate-mongering group that likes to protests anything and everything, is protesting in New York this weekend over the governor's (Andrew Cuomo) signing of same-sex marriage into law. Many conservative Christians denounce them and say they are not affiliated with true Christianity. However, they blame homosexuality for things like New Orleans and 9/11, just like Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell who many mainstream conservative Christians listen to. Conservatives and Westboro all say homosexuality is a sin against God, believe in salvation by grace, and believe in the inerrancy of the Bible. Many a time growing up I heard sermons saying that homosexuality was an abomination and it was a sin. That people were not born gay.
I'm looking for a major difference in the beliefs of Westboro and conservative Christians and the only thing I really see is 1) Westboro is more pre-occupied with homosexuality than other conservatives and 2) conservative Christians are nicer in their message about it. Normal conservative Christians simply say homosexuality is an abomination and a sin against God but it's like any other sin so you can overcome it. Westboro seems to view it as much more heinous than most. However, the fact remains they still share many similar relevant qualities that "respectable" Christians fail to notice. Perhaps conservative Christians should consider how closely their beliefs are related to Westboro Baptist Church and re-evaluate them.
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