Alberta School Board Votes to Close Christian School Over Bible Verses about Homosexuality

Coming soon to the United States…

A Christian school in Canada might be shut down because it refuses to compromise on the Bible verses that deal with homosexuality.  Global News reports

The Battle River School Division voted last Thursday to close Cornerstone Christian Academy after the school year. The relationship started to fray about a year ago when the board asked the school to stop teaching certain Bible verses that discussed sexuality because they considered them offensive. Board chair Kendall Severson said that was eventually dealt with, but the bigger issue was a lack of cooperation.

Apparently, “lack of cooperation” is code for “wouldn’t compromise their deeply held religious beliefs.” School society chair Deanna Margel understands this. “I think there is a great misunderstanding of what faith means in today’s culture. I think that what is happening at the school is a good opportunity for people to discuss their different ideas and talk about how we deal with those things.”

Here’s the key takeaway: “Anybody familiar with the Christian Bible will recognize that there are many, many, many passages of Scripture that are offensive to even those of us who follow Christ.”  Exactly.  The Bible is based on a grisly murder.  It’s uncomfortable and challenging, two adjectives modern “social justice warriors” can’t abide.  You might even say these so-called tolerant people can’t tolerate them.

Parents, understandably, are getting sick of the harassment.  (Yes, harassment.)

Parents are already considering their options if the legal fight fails. Gabe Vorhees sends his four children to Cornerstone, and he said his family was happy with the division before it decided to close the school. He said they don’t trust the school division anymore.

“Many different parents (are) doing many different things: some going to homeschooling, some having to drive their kids 40 minutes to 45 minutes away,” Vorhees said. “None of us really want to be part of this school division.”

“This is our kids’ future and it was dashed by a social political belief system. There’s a lot of animosity there, I think it’s internal. We are people of faith and we’re a community of faith and we choose to forgive, but we also have rights.”

The article has an interesting phrase: “Post-Christian Christians.”  What the heck is that? We can’t simply ignore the parts of Scripture we don’t like and just pretend they don’t exist. Isn’t a Post-Christian Christian simply “not a Christian?”  You can’t have it both ways, folks.

This cultural divide is getting so large we won’t be able to surmount it unless both sides recommit to the principles of liberty.

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Hat Tip: Global News