The Giglio Imbroglio: The Public Inauguration of a New Moral McCarthyism

[tinpra]

by Albert Mohler, President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

A new chapter in America’s moral revolution came today as Atlanta pastor Louie Giglio withdrew from giving the benediction at President Obama’s second inaugural ceremony. In a statement released to the White House and the Presidential Inaugural Committee, Giglio said that he withdrew because of the furor that emerged yesterday after a liberal watchdog group revealed that almost 20 years ago he had preached a sermon in which he had stated that homosexuality is a sin and that the “only way out of a homosexual lifestyle … is through the healing power of Jesus.”

In other words, a Christian pastor has been effectively disinvited from delivering an inaugural prayer because he believes and teaches Christian truth.

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Comments

[airehen.livejournal.com]

I saw something the other day that a friend had posted on FB in support of him, but I didn't read what it was about.

Sadly, I figured this would eventually happen sooner or later. If not to him, then to another minister.

[tinpra.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I'm surprised it hadn't already happened to a more frequent visitor to the White House like Billy Graham or Ravi Zacharais, etc.

My mother, who sent me the link, and I ended up having a long discussion about it.