By Joe
Slater
How could a Christian possibly oppose equal
rights? God doesn’t show favoritism (partiality, “respect of persons”) and
neither should His children.
That being said, corrupt people have
redefined “rights” to suit their own purposes. When Christians reject those new
definitions, we are tarred as bigots who supposedly support inequality. This
holds true in both spiritual and earthly concerns.
In religion, many have equated equal rights
with identical functions. Thus, Christian women supposedly have the “right” to
be elders in the church. Biblical teaching that an elder must be “the husband
of one wife” is written off as a mere vestige of an outmoded patriarchal
society. Redefined “equality” surpasses plain Scripture.
Now, what about secular issues? Fifty years
ago Americans were debating the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution
(ERA). It reads: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” Though the
time for it to be adopted has long since expired, the President is pressuring
Congress to adopt it since more states have subsequently ratified it.
The amendment sounds simple enough.
However, even half a century ago we knew that politicians, judges, and lawyers
would “spin” it to mandate abortion on demand and who knows what else, despite
the fact that an average person wouldn’t make such absurd applications. Today
the secular progressives would see special accommodations for so-called
“transgender” persons as being not only legal but mandated by the Constitution!
Biblical “equal rights” ought to be
recognized and respect by all. But what the world means by “equal rights” and
what God means are two different things!
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