Embarrassing?

A priest at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena recently commented on how the religious community was embarrassing in its support for Prop 8.  He then goes on to call that same community bigoted.  All Saints plans to go on blessing homosexual civil unions.  Let's discuss what's embarassing.  What's embarrassing are men who are more afraid of the opinions of men than the Lord.  What's embarrasing are men who have taken holy orders to protect and defend the faith but end up protecting and defending idolatrous pockets of culture antithetical to such faith. 

What's embarrassing is a church that encourages new believers to continue in error and spiritually destructive behavior while proclaiming false news of forgiveness.  It is the pinnacle of irony that a church, the bride of Christ, promote expanding the institution of marriage while floundering in unequivocal adultery to the Lord.  Such shepherds would do well to look again

to the letters of Paul and the example of Christ in leading their sheep out of the bondage of sin.  As TEC steps away from the global Anglican Communion, it is dying because it strays from the gospel and the Great Commission and the Lord will not bless such selfishness.  The body of Christ that moves forward in the Anglican Communion will never be embarassed nor confuse discipleship with indulgence.