MCC'S INDIANAPOLIS 2006
Would Jesus
Discriminate
Joint Campaign with Jesus MCC and Faith in America
part of "Tearing down walls. Building up
hope."
Indianapolis 2006 Blog
Would Jesus Discriminate?
Instinctively, we all sense that the answer must be a
resounding No!
Yet we live in a time when many churches are leading
the effort to deny gay and transgender people equal protection under the
law.
Just last year, Indiana's legislature
initiated a four-year process to amend our State Constitution to ensure
that gay couples never gain access to the same legal rights as straight
couples. This is the first time since
the slavery era that Indiana's legislature has singled out a specific
group of people for exclusion from Indiana's Equal Protection
Clause. The practical effect
of the proposed amendment would be to deprive gay couples of basic
rights -- such as being able to visit each other in a crisis in the
emergency room or inheriting property from each other. Read more
at www.JesusMCC.org.
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Friday, June 9, 2006
Dear all...Click here for a column that appeared recently
in the Columbus Republic about our Justice Campaign. Columbus,
Indiana, is about 45 minutes south of Indianapolis and has a population
of around 150,000. ~Rev. Jeff Miner, Jesus MCC
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Dear MCC,
Our “Would Jesus
discriminate?” message continues to penetrate. Two quick
stories from the home front.
A woman from our Church was turning the
corner at a busy intersection a couple days ago. She has a bumper
sticker on the front and back of her vehicle. As she was turning
the corner, a group of diverse high school students crossed in front of
her – obviously a group of friends. When they saw her bumper
sticker, they immediately recognized it, and literally broke out in
cheers.
This morning at a gas station, an
elderly black man approached me to tell me that Jesus does
discriminate. We engaged in a brief conversation in which I gently
explained that I understood that Jesus made moral judgments, but that
Jesus judged based on what’s in the heart, not based on factors
like skin color or sexual orientation. The man became upset and as
he walked away from me, wagged his finger and loudly told me that
“God loves you, but hates your sin.”
Other gas station patrons gave the old
guy an odd look – and no doubt felt greater sympathy for we who
are asking whether Jesus would discriminate.
It’s exciting to see how
grassroots marketing, combined with paid media, can penetrate so
deeply.
~ Rev. Jeff Miner, Jesus
MCC
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