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Prominent US minister ‘evolving’ on gay equality
A US minister is not that worried about marriage equality, and advises his flock to focus on other matters.
A portion of a sermon by Bishop TD Jakes, of The Potter’s House located in Dallas, is getting some viral attention. The snippet is taken from a sermon he gave earlier this summer, right after the US Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling on marriage equality.
‘I’m really not as concerned about it,’ Jakes said. ‘I think that we should not lose our mind about the world being the world and the Church being the Church. This is not a news flash. The world is gonna be the world and the Church is gonna be the Church, and you have to understand the difference.’
Last week, Jakes was a guest on HuffPost Live. He has a new book out called Destiny: Step Into Your Purpose. The bishop was asked if the LGBTI community and black church could co-exist.
‘Absolutely… I think it is going to be diverse from church to church,’ Jakes said. ‘Every church has a different opinion on the issue and every gay person is different…. to think [each] are all the same is totally not true.’
Host Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Morehouse College, asked the bishop where he stood in terms of LGBTI equality.
‘Evolved and evolving… We (the church) bought into the myth that this was a Christian nation…Once you begin to understand that democracy…is designed to be an over arching system to protect our unique nuances, then we no longer look for public policy to reflect Biblical ethics.
‘We need a neutral government that protects our right to disagree with one another and to agree with one another.’
Below is a video of Jakes’ sermon:
h/t: NewNowNext
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James Withers
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