What would you do in this situation?

[LN]

I guess my feeling is that Mary Magdeline was a prostitute - Jesus did not support her prostiution but instead showed her love. I'm sure that he would not have gone into a brothel to donate money.

So I think that this narrows down the argument to this:

Am I supporting a lesbian couple by photographing their wedding, or am I showing them a lack of love by not doing so?

 

[nomad]

Am I supporting a lesbian couple by photographing their wedding, or am I showing them a lack of love by not doing so?

You actually show them that you love them when you don't photograph them.

They may not see it but Jesus does and thats what's important.

What good father give his son a snake?  Ring any bells?

 

 

[seebs]

Today at 02:43 PM damnim said this in Post #14 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=703400#post703400)

seebs,

You have a lot to learn

Probably, yes.

 

[seebs]

Today at 03:40 PM LN said this in Post #21 (http://www.christianforums.com/showthread.php?postid=703553#post703553)

I guess my feeling is that Mary Magdeline was a prostitute - Jesus did not support her prostiution but instead showed her love. I'm sure that he would not have gone into a brothel to donate money.

So I think that this narrows down the argument to this:

Am I supporting a lesbian couple by photographing their wedding, or am I showing them a lack of love by not doing so?

That depends on your personal reasons for doing it.

This is a tough issue, and it's made no easier by the number of people who think their positions (either "for" or "against") are so obvious and cut-and-dried that anyone who disagrees must be Truly Evil. Pray, and trust your conscience; don't let anyone else tell you what to do.

Don't try to break it down into simple either-this-or-that things; it isn't. If you refuse to photograph their ceremony, you are telling them that you don't approve of it; this has elements of trying to tell them about something important to you, and elements of rudeness. Which reasons are dominant in your heart?

There's not an easy right answer, where doing things a certain way makes you a good person; this is an issue where the quality of your character will show in *how* you decide, more than in which answer you pick. Good Christians could pick either answer in this circumstance, for reasons fully rooted in the Christian faith; people could likewise pick either answer for very bad and immoral reasons.

 

[nomad]

who disagrees must be Truly Evil

This statement is a "cut-and-dried" presumption on your part.

 

 

[LN]

Well my gut instinct certainly goes against doing the photography. I do have some more prayer to do about it, though.

With my job, its not a simple go there take a few photos and come home. I work with the clouple very closely up until the wedding date - we meet several times and I cusomize my style and the photographs I take to their personaility and tastes. After the wedding, we meet one or two more times to pick out photos and design the album. All of what I do and how I do it shows support for the couple and the sanctity of marriage. So with that said, I think it would be uncomfortable to sit there through the whole process not agreeing with the marriage. I'm sure it would show a little, which IMHO is much more rude and unloving than not taking the wedding in the first place. Anytime a couple has come to visit me and I have not wanted to do the wedding (the couple was rude or way too high maintenance), I am sure it has showed and they either did not book me or I turned the wedding down.

I will pray more about it and post an update. This past wedding I am not doing, but I am sure this will keep coming up!

 

[wvmtnkid]

LN,

I will join you in prayer that God will lead you in this decision and that He will guide you in how to handle future situations like this.

 

[nomad]

LN,

Sorry about my tardiness.

Here are some links that you can refer to if you ever run into legal trouble.

 http://www.aclj.org/

 

[nomad]

LN,

Sorry about my tardiness.

Here are some links that you can refer to if you ever run into legal trouble.

http://www.christianlaw.org/

http://www.clsnet.org/

http://www.aclj.org/

These are reputable christian organizations with advice, brochures and legal council links and imfo.

God Bless

 

[LN]

Thanks very much, I appreciate it.