Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
(Romans 1:24-28 ESV)
The moral slide in our society has accelerated at such a pace in our society, even it's promoters are somewhat caught off guard. It is a slippery slope indeed when we permit promiscuity on an ever-increasing basis. We started down the path a long time ago. Which makes what we see today very understandable. Such extreme sin in some ways may our impure thoughts and actions seem not so bad. It is "righteousness by comparison." We accept what we ought not, because we do what we ought not. But it is, in a sense, more a symptom of the spiritual reality that we have worshiped man more than God; we are very humanistic. Stopping mid-slope is extremely difficult. In reality, it is impossible unless someone "throws us a rope" and we grab on. May we cry out to God for that rope, and make the hard journey back up the slope, even though we go against the flow. May our votes be counted for those willing to make the journey back with us, as we are willing to say "it is not just them; it is us standing in the need of prayer." Pray. Vote. Trust.
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