Chick-fil-A to End Donations to Christian Charities after LGBT Backlash

Wally wrote:

I’ve never said working for CFA is a conscience issue - at the present time. But eventually a Christian who is a manager of a local CFA and is asked to donate money/food to one of the varieties of homosexual organizations (and that scenario is coming) will be faced with a moral issue which cannot be brushed aside or rationalized away.

If you make one simple substitution, would you still say the same thing:

I’ve never said living in Indiana is a conscience issue - at the present time. But eventually a Christian who is a resident in Indiana and whose tax dollars are used to fund and/or support one of the varieties of homosexual organizations (and that scenario is coming) will be faced with a moral issue which cannot be brushed aside or rationalized away.

This logic must stop somewhere, else we can’t even live in this world. Jesus famously said people should pay their taxes to the Romans, knowing they wouldn’t be used for Christian purposes. There is a difference between the State and an employer, but my point is that this logic must realistically stop somewhere.

Pretend a member of your congregation who is a middle manager in a private company comes to you. He says he has a new employee in his unit; a transgender employee, and HR has issued a policy which forces people to refer to transgender individuals by their preferred pronouns and names. This individual has not undergone surgery; he merely dresses like a woman and expect to be addressed like one. He wears skirts and make-up. Your church member wants guidance.

Do you advise he quit? Do you advise him to evaluate what his conscience will allow him to deal with? Do you tell him to stop rationalizing compromise away?

[TylerR]

Wally wrote:

I’ve never said working for CFA is a conscience issue - at the present time. But eventually a Christian who is a manager of a local CFA and is asked to donate money/food to one of the varieties of homosexual organizations (and that scenario is coming) will be faced with a moral issue which cannot be brushed aside or rationalized away.

If you make one simple substitution, would you still say the same thing:

I’ve never said living in Indiana is a conscience issue - at the present time. But eventually a Christian who is a resident in Indiana and whose tax dollars are used to fund and/or support one of the varieties of homosexual organizations (and that scenario is coming) will be faced with a moral issue which cannot be brushed aside or rationalized away.

This logic must stop somewhere, else we can’t even live in this world. Jesus famously said people should pay their taxes to the Romans, knowing they wouldn’t be used for Christian purposes. There is a difference between the State and an employer, but my point is that this logic must realistically stop somewhere.

Tyler, these are two different things. We all “support” things in our taxes that we don’t approve of. Abortion for one. However, we aren’t directly involved in those decisions and we have no choice legally or Biblically about paying taxes, etc. In the scenario Wally proposes, a corporate boss orders you personally to act in a way that violates your conscience. That’s quite different. Your example is not a comparable at all — its not even logical!

The rest of your post, however, is somewhat comparable. We are all going to have to make decisions at times about how to handle these kinds of issues. Pastors may have to use great care and wisdom in hospital visitation and other scenarios, for example.