Gay Pride

Today marked the start of gay pride week in Toronto so I thought I would post an entry from my journal of 18 years ago.

Yesterday there was a parade in Toronto. It was called the gay pride parade. They began at a church where a member of parliament address the gays and lesbians about their rights. Then they proceeded to parade through the streets of Toronto.
I find two problems here. First, what does the church have to do with homosexuality? We may not have a right to tell non-Christians how they should live but the church has a message, the gospel, which is the message of hope for those living in sin. The church must not condone sin, it must speak out against it.

Second, what does the church have to do with pride? Pride was the original sin. Pride is another sin that the church must speak out against. When the church fails to speak against sin the church has lost any relevance for the world today. We cannot change the way people want to live, only the gospel can do that. However, we must continue to cry out against both sins that the parade represented least we find it coming in our door.