Unlike the monlithic "hate Bush, blame America first" crowd on the Left, when we are disappointed with a conservative leader we let people know about it. This story came out today, where Vice-President Dick Cheney expressed his personal preference that homosexual couples : "ought to be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to." This on the surface sounds OK, but as we are already seeing homosexuals will never be satisfied with anything less than full marital rights in every state. If Massachusetts allows gay marriage, homosexuals will flock to Mass and then go home and sue for recognition.
The other problem is that this runs contrary to administration policy and sends a confusing message. It is hard enough to get the Federal Marriage Amendment passed in a postmodern world without Cheney muddying the waters. Be sure homosexual activist will jump on this, no matter how much they hate Cheney.
Albert Mohler had a great point. This is another example of a person setting morality based on their own family's experience rather than the Word of God. This is a common phenomena, and a troubling one. We should always love our family, but when one of them strays into sin we shouldn't redfine sin to accomodate them and make sure they don't feel badly about themselves. Christ warned us that this would be the cost of following him:
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 "For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; 36 "and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.' 37 "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. 39 "He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 10: 34-39)
When we put earthly family above our Savior we choose poorly.
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