![]() ![]() For in him every one of God’s promises is a “Yes”’ (2 Cor. ![]() I’d love to stick a banner up on our church quoting Paul, though it may seem simplistic to some and misunderstood by others: ‘For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you … was not “Yes and No” but in him it is always “Yes”. However, when we nail our banners on our respective churches, making this a shibboleth or identity marker of our conservative or progressive Christian credentials, we’ve already lost the game, making sexuality into an idolatrous identity issue, on both heterosexual and homosexual sides. This has also been so amongst Christians, nailing their colours to their respective masts. As the same-sex marriage marathon mail poll continues to be revved up by both sides, one thing is certain to me: isn’t compulsory voting a great thing! As Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens noted recently, for the sake of getting one word (‘yes’ or ‘no’) put in the post, the hyperbole heats up from both sides about the sky falling in if the vote goes the other way, in order to get people to vote voluntarily. ![]()
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