@Bouzane, @judgementalism.
The quote from Cathy, part 1:
"we’re inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage"
This is in reference I would think to Sodom and Gomorrah, nations on which God heaped fire and brimstone for their sexual lawlessness and ungodly lifestyle (read genesis and do not assume I'm necessarily talking about homosexuality).
A similar judgement is called in by Christ. Here it is:
Judgement 1: on the people the disciples bring the gospel to
8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Judgement 2: on the unbelief of the people of Israel:
29As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.30For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now onei greater than Solomon is here. 32The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here.
What all this tells us is that Jesus puts unbelief in his name as an even greater offense than the wickedness of Sodom, Gomorrah and Nineveh.
In other words, Cathy is probably focused on secondary matters, as far as Christ is concerned. Would Christ discourage judgementalism? This would hint at not. Would Christ discouraging focus on what is not essential as compared to the supreme importance of unbelief in the grand scheme of evils? Probably yes.
