Thousands of patriotic Texas citizens loaded cars and buses with their children and friends to see government in action and their elected officials sworn in on January 14. During this time, the members of the House of Representatives and Senate met to be formally sworn in and begin doing the people’s business.

If they went to the Senate Chamber, they witnessed exactly that, including hearing their governor and lt. governor set the tone for a very conservative session scheduled to conclude 140 days later.

But if they visited the House, they got so much more.

They witnessed one of our lawmakers make it clear to all that he would effectively say to God, the Supreme Lawmaker of the Universe, “God, you got it all wrong regarding marriage.”

Texas State Rep. Venton Jones (D) surprised colleagues, family, and friends on Tuesday when he finished his swearing-in ceremony on the floor of the capital in Austin with a proposal to his longtime partner, Gregory Scott Jr. Bending down on one knee amid a throng of supporters, Jones revealed a ring and proposed to his same-sex lover. And right then and there, one of our elected officials, whom patriotic parents brought their children to see and honor, ignored Scripture and dishonored the God most Texans worship.

The new speaker should excoriate this behavior on the floor of the people’s House, where over 80 percent of the citizens believe such behavior not only violates the purpose of the House chamber but the “laws of Nature and Nature’s God!”

Speaker Burrows, you have publicly stated your desire to be the speaker for all Texas citizens. You have been presented with a gift to show that. You should make it clear to all representatives that regardless of which party they represent, the people’s House will not be used for such personal demonstrations.

As an ordained Texas pastor and Christian activist, I urge Representative Jones—as a voice of homosexual citizens in Texas—to consider what God says in His Word on the subject of homosexuality:

Therefore, God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

 

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.  In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. (Romans 1: 24-27)

Representative Jones, make no mistake … I love you in the Spirit of Jesus Christ. I love you enough to risk your misunderstanding of my motives to tell you what God says on this subject, and there is no expiration date on the message.

Homosexuals are trapped in a bondage that leads to many terrible consequences, but thousands have been set free by the blood of the Lamb.

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Rick Scarborough

Pastor Rick Rick Scarborough leads Recover America, which works to equip and mobilize pastors and their congregations to engage in the civil arena, providing Biblical solutions to today’s most pressing issues. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Houston Baptist University, a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary.

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