However, would you be just as supportive of these fellows if they chose to stand up and deal with this through the court system and tried to make a difference for Christians that way?
I'm not sure what the fight would be about? That the TV company should not fire them for their beliefs? It seems to me that the firing is what's brining attention to the issue in the first place, so maybe it's not such a bad thing.
Perhaps a court battle could bring more attention to it, but what most people will probably see is what "seeingeyes" has already suggested about financial motivations. It will look like a couple of guys who are upset about losing a lucrative deal rather than a couple of guys who are genuinely concerned about a case of mistaken homophobia.
On the other hand, if the argument is that Christians can be opposed to the act of homosexuality while still being friendly and loving towards the individuals, maybe a victory there would benefit both sides. I'm not sure what evidence would be needed to convince the courts of that; it could lead to issues of relating vs compromising.
Or would you be supportive of them regardless of their decision...trusting that they were following God's will
I may not understand your question properly, but what I supported was that they decided to help the people they'd agreed to help on the show even after the show was canceled, indicating that they'd be paying for it out of their own pockets. In other words, they did not let the financial aspect stop them from showing love even though that had a pretty good excuse to back out. I think it's proof that they really DID find "worthy families" as they claimed in the article and that their efforts to help those families are genuine rather than just a show for entertainment.
I understand what you are saying and I'm not arguing that point the God takes care of us but God calls us in different ways and can ask different things of different people. God also provides according to our needs so that we can accomplish His will.
Again, I may be misunderstanding your point, but my earlier post was based on instructions Jesus gave to his followers. I understand that some Christians may use different tools for evangelism, or some praise groups will sing different songs, or some Christians will choose different charitable projects to work on, but the basic principle is still there. They are doing those things even if the expression varies from one group to another.
It's like that with what Jesus said about how we cannot work for God and money at the same time without cheating on one or the other. Some Christians may decide they want to go to a third world country to help the poor. Some may decide they prefer to stay in a first world country to evangelize full time. Some may decide they want to try a combination of both. There are a hundred million little variations that may occur from one group to the next.
But all of them should still be following the basic principle of not allowing money to be the motivation for why we help others. This is a fundamental value of Heaven and part of the reason why Jesus said we must be "born again". We die to the worldly ways of wages and are born again into the Heavenly system of gifts, where we help one another just because we want to and not because we are afraid of dying if we don't force people to pay us for our help.