Friends, this month marks two opposing anniversaries. One is a false claim of persecution that dates back to 1998. The other will mark universal persecution for then next umpteen years.
Which example do you think exemplifies greater persecution?
Example 1: Matthew Wayne Shepard
Matthew Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming (U.S.A.), in October 1998. Left for dead, a child riding his bike found Shepard, who survived for five days in a hospital before being delivered unto Satan. During the trial of those who tried to convert him, it was revealed he was tortured specifically for embracing the gaysexual lifetsyle. His mother, not satisfied with raising a child to mock his would-be Redeemer, dedicated her life to enable other gay and cross-dressing monsters. The Matthew Shepard Act was signed by President Barack Obama this month, in the year of our LORD 2009, thus solidifying the concept of the so-called "hate crime."
Here is what the LORD has to say about homosexuality:
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus 20:13
Example 2: Kirk Cameron
During his appearance on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,”
Kirk Cameron was attacked by hostile and "loaded questions" such as “what you think of homosexuality?, what you think of gay marriage?, what you think of abortion even in the cases of incest and rape?, what you think of the Catholic Church having to pay for contraception against their moral conscience?, and who do you think will make the best president for the next four years?”
And for what? For standing by the Holy Bible and promoting such truths as labeling gay people “destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization,” and “unnatural.” Kirk Cameron reminds us this is actually “love speech,” not hate speech. Cameron reminds us that sharing the Good News with homosexuals that God hates them is merely something Christians should do to “bear witness and testimony to the God that loves you and has saved you.” Cameron claimed he has been persecuted by the left ever since his appearance on Piers Morgan.
Here is what the LORD says about persecution:
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 5:10-11