The Rev. Louie Giglio, an Atlanta minister and founder of the Passion Conferences, has declined speaking at the Obama inauguration due to remarks he made against sodomites more than a decade ago. President Obama had chosen him to deliver the ceremony but Giglio felt it was best he withdrew because remaining on the program wouldn't best serve his core message, according to NBC News.
"Due to a message of mine that has surfaced from 15-20 years ago, it is likely that my participation--and the prayer that I would offer--will be dwarfed by those seeking to make their agenda the focal point of the inauguration," Giglio said in a statement published by NBC. "Clearly, speaking on this issue hasn't been in the range of my priorities the past 15 years."
It would be a very awkward situation speaking at an inauguration where the president has clearly made known last summer that he supports homosexuals' right to marry. The Word of God strongly condemns the homosexual lifestyle. There's definitely no passage in the Bible that would even hint that "gay" marriage is acceptable. The Bible says that sodomy is an abomination and that it's unnatural.
We need a preacher that would have the audacity to speak out against sin and preach against the direction that President Obama and Congress are taking our country. The truth is no preacher that stands against sin would be welcome to preach at Obama's inauguration ceremony. What a tragic day we live in. The morals of our nation and of Washington have sunk to such a low level today. We no longer resemble the nation that was founded by our forefathers over 300+ years ago.
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