{"id":1204,"date":"2011-08-12T18:15:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T17:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2011-09-09T18:20:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T17:20:43","slug":"snp-in-bigot-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/snp-in-bigot-row\/","title":{"rendered":"SNP in &#8216;Bigot&#8217; Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SNP is possibly the least &#8216;gay-friendly&#8217; political outfit north of the border but a row has blown up in it after a group of SNP MSPs stepped out to protect freedom of conscience over same-sex &#8216;marriage&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>SNP MSP John Mason took the lead, tabling a motion at Holyrood stating that no person or organisation should be forced to be involved or to approve of same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>That seems resaonable, but a homosexual SNP MEP has insulted his party colleagues calling them &#8216;bigots&#8217; (of course)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/posts\/view\/263644\/SNP-rift-over-gay-marriage-widens-as-MEP-blasts-bigots-\"><br \/>\nThe Daily Express reports<\/a>: &#8216;Nationalist MEP Alyn Smith joined opposition leaders in berating four SNP MSPs for their \u201cmean\u201d and \u201cangry\u201d stance on gay weddings.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The ill-tempered outburst comes just ten weeks after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2011\/may\/23\/church-of-scotland-gay-lesbian-ministers\">the Church of Scotland voted<\/a> to allow homosexual men and women to become ministers.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it is worth reminding ourselves of what the Lord Jesus Christ said about human sexuality:<\/p>\n<p>Mark 10:6\u00a0 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. 10:7\u00a0 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;\u00a0 10:8\u00a0 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.<\/p>\n<p>And becoming one flesh, in all the beauty and mystery of sexual intercourse, is something a pair of gays or a couple of lesbians can never do.\u00a0 In the words of Dr David Reuben, they are &#8216;trying to solve the puzzle with only half the pieces&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>What a pity the Church of Scotland did not vote to minister the saving and healing power of Jesus Christ to people suffering from same-sex attraction.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there are a few names even in the Kirk which have not defiled their garments; the\u00a0 Lord Jesus would say &#8216;they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.&#8217; (Rev 3:4)\u00a0 They may also need a law passed a little like that which John Mason proposes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"storycopy\" style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Join Christian Voice\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?page_id=1003\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1013\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" title=\"join_today_button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/join_today_button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=zbOnPPjCHQ8dnM4QE_F_g3TAH5KBKtacyBIcjWNwPmU5rwHU0e7O1SgGX-W&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d35d0e363192f28ea2a5d17702da0dbf0\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1026\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" title=\"donate-paypal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/donate-paypal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SNP is possibly the least &#8216;gay-friendly&#8217; political outfit north of the border but a row has blown up in it after a group of SNP MSPs stepped out to protect freedom of conscience over same-sex &#8216;marriage&#8217;. SNP MSP John Mason took the lead, tabling a motion at Holyrood stating that no person or organisation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[79,77,78,76,62,75],"class_list":["post-1204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homosexuality-trans","tag-alyn-smith","tag-church-of-scotland","tag-dr-david-reuben","tag-john-mason","tag-scotland","tag-snp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Stephen","author_link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/author\/stephen\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/category\/homosexuality-trans\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Homosexuality &amp; Trans<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The SNP is possibly the least &#8216;gay-friendly&#8217; political outfit north of the border but a row has blown up in it after a group of SNP MSPs stepped out to protect freedom of conscience over same-sex &#8216;marriage&#8217;. 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