Left at the Altar?
Poppy Dixon
In his article Mr. Colson presents a model of the universe promoted by David Coolidge of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. In it the earth sits on the back of a giant turtle, . . . just kidding. Actually society follows either the "complementary model" or the "choice model". The complementary model is a kind of yin and yang thing. Men are supposed to marry women because they "fit together", the old square-peg-round-hole argument. Mr. Colson notes this view is compatible with Christianity.
Then there is the choice model. Colson writes, "This world-view assumes that the universe is malleable and that individuals create their own truths, their own values. Sexuality has no intrinsic purpose, it is merely an opportunity for pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction. Family structure is as pliable as Play-Doh, and virtually any form is acceptable. Here the right to marry is no more than the right of individuals to participate in state-defined benefits."
Actually, we find the choice model quite compatible with Christianity. Here are a few Biblical supports. (Postfundamentalists aren't ashamed or afaid to quote the Bible.)
Judge not, that ye be not judged.Matthew 7:1
I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.Romans 14:14There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Romans 14:4"I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I (unmarried)."
I Corinthians 7:8 Quoted from the Apostle "it-is-good-for-a-man-not-to-touch-a-woman" Paul.
Mr. Colson's original rant against homosexual rights is interesting and set the stage for his current arguments. In ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE VOICE?(3) Mr. Colson writes, "Romer v. Evans (the Supreme Court decision striking down Colorado's law limiting civil rights in cases of sexual preference) is the unraveling of the rule of law in America. It is the end of connecting the law to any objective standard or natural law to which man-made law must be responsible. The decision is so shocking that it is hard for me, having taken my doctorate in constitutional law, even to talk about it." Oh Chuck, don't tease.
Mr. Colson goes on to say that if there are no laws against sodomy then polygamy and incest will be unable to survive this legal "avalanche". The next thing you know dogs and cats will be sleeping together.
| Mr. Colson's fears are echoed by | Ralph Reed | of the Christian Coalition,(3) |
"I have no rights as a heterosexual. If my boss calls me in tomorrow and says, 'I really don't want you around any more because you're a heterosexual,' I have no legal recourse under the civil-rights statutes. Now, if he dismisses me because of the color of my skin, my ethnicity, my gender, I do. And my opposition to the granting of civil-rights protection based on one's sexual proclivity is that it is a Pandora's box. Does a sadomasochist, a polygamist, or an adulterer have the same rights?"Well, . . . yes.
