That's selective hyperbole. Anything can be labeled hate speech now, since any critical / against-the-current-cultural-tastes speech is now equated with (psychological) violence. I think pastors who talk like what your pastor is saying need to be more measured and just stick with explaining the Word of God instead of interpreting current events for the congregation. Its apparently quite tempting when a lot of people listen to you as a guide, to become just like the political pundits on TV (left or right) who get high ratings by keeping their audience in perpetual states of unresolved stress and anxiety.
Thousands of non-mainstream bible believing churches across the land are preaching the whole counsel of God without any threat of silencing, including my entire conservative Presbytrian denomination and similar denominations. Same thing with synagogues and the Torah.
Just because its fashionable to unfairly try to label bible preaching as "hate speech" doesn't change the real world legal protections of the Bill of Rights.
That's selective hyperbole. Anything can be labeled hate speech now, since any critical / against-the-current-cultural-tastes speech is now equated with (psychological) violence. I think pastors who talk like what your pastor is saying need to be more measured and just stick with explaining the Word of God instead of interpreting current events for the congregation. Its apparently quite tempting when a lot of people listen to you as a guide, to become just like the political pundits on TV (left or right) who get high ratings by keeping their audience in perpetual states of unresolved stress and anxiety.
Thousands of non-mainstream bible believing churches across the land are preaching the whole counsel of God without any threat of silencing, including my entire conservative Presbytrian denomination and similar denominations. Same thing with synagogues and the Torah.
Just because its fashionable to unfairly try to label bible preaching as "hate speech" doesn't change the real world legal protections of the Bill of Rights.
He was specifically referring to those who choose to live sexuality sinful lifestyles and don’t like being called out on it.
Homosexuals are already trying to silence those who are in disagreement with their life choices.
Btw, the Presbyterian church I used to clean for openly supported homosexuality and wanted to practice “gay marriage” there.