Another Battle Lost

I'm sad to report that in the Culture Wars, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints just lost a battle with LBGTQ Nation.

Not the entire war, mind you, but a crucial battle nonetheless.

It was hard fought, but fifth columnists within their church made it impossible to maintain position.

Leaders of the Mormons are attempting to characterize this as a "strategic withdrawal" and not a real retreat at all, but LBGTQ forces have been quick to trumpet this as a victory.

Jehovah's Witnesses, various small denominations of Pentecostal and Apostolic churches, the Amish, and of course, the Seventh-day Adventists are still holding fast. Besieged on all sides, and with allies melting away, they still maintain that "it is an abomination" means "it is an abomination".

Yet the loss of sixteen million Christians who had been previously thought to be lead by stalwart leaders who would never give in has been a blow to everyone's morale. And given aid and comfort to many in those churches who see this as a sign to redouble their efforts to sabotage the war from within.

This also comes on the heels of another recent battle, in which the United Methodists had won a rather hollow victory against LBGTQ forces, but it was at such a price that many experts are waiting for crumbling of their resolve.

Keep praying.