Rev. Dr. Clenard H. Childress, Jr. has
warned that gay equality is a sign of the end of civilization.
In
an op-ed published last week at RenewAmerica.com, the senior
pastor of The New Calvary Baptist Church in Montclair, New Jersey
chides clergy who support gay rights, labeling them “false
prophets.”
“As Christians, should we suppose and
can we believe that all of a sudden, God has changed his perspective
on homosexuality as these false prophets would have us believe? Are
we that stupid? Remember, Jesus said in the last days it would be as
the days of Lot.”
“So, what was it like the days of
Lot? Homosexuality was demanding and imposing itself upon the
righteous to capitulate, to yield, to give way to its predominance
where Lot lived.”
“Jesus said prophetically that in the
last days the homosexual community will demand their lifestyle be
accepted as a right in society. And now we are even seeing
homosexuality bandied about as a 'civil right' that should be
guaranteed under the Constitution similar to some of the rights being
sought through the modern 'Civil Rights Movement.' They are not the
same, but be that as it may be, the same Jesus condemned Sodom and
Gomorrah for their lifestyle.”
Theologians, however, are not uniformly
in agreement that the sin of Sodom was homosexuality but instead was
its neglect of needy travelers.