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If your head has been in the sand recently you would have missed this article, and many like it, on the stance taken by landscape gardeners Sabrina & Todd Farber.
Their "Christian" viewpoint has permitted them the opportunity to make this comment to one of their potential clients;
I need to tell you that we cannot meet with you because we choose not to work for homosexuals.
I don't usually care about politics and people's opinions. We're entitled to enjoy both. However, when one claims to be a 'Christian' they better stand up for what Christ did and not their personal agendas.
See, the Jesus I know of in the Bible made this statement;
"Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: 'Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people--robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.' "Meanwhile the tax man, slumped in the shadows, his face in his hands, not daring to look up, said, 'God, give mercy. Forgive me, a sinner.'" Jesus commented, "This tax man, not the other, went home made right with God. If you walk around with your nose in the air, you're going to end up flat on your face, but if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself."
(Luke 18:10-14)
Todd & Sabrina, get off your high horse and learn to love the people that Christ loved.
End of rant!
Comments
I agree wholeheartedly. Of course they were free to choose their clients, but for goodness sake, don't discriminate in the name of Christianity, as nothing could be further from the truth.
How many people have been turned away from following Christ, who humbled himself to serve others, by the self-righteous attitude of some people, whom I would call 'religious' rather than Christian.
Posted by: Alice | November 16, 2006 3:11 AM
interestingly enough, their blog is refusing referrals from gardening tips and ideas.
Posted by: jen | November 16, 2006 9:56 AM