This business with the Indiana restaurant owner who turned away gay customers is a prime example of why Christianity is viewed as a religion of hypocrites and buffoons.
I value religious liberty as much as anyone; we should be allowed to proudly display and exercise our religious values--displaying the nativity scene on our property and things like that. Passing a bill to protect us from haters (atheists who for some inexplicable reason take offense at the nativity) seems like a good thing. But what this restaurant owner 'Ryan' did under the protection of the Indiana Religious Freedom bill was a prime example of how to mutate a reasonable and potentially good bill.
He turned away a gay couple, citing the bill and stating "If I allowed gay customers, it would turn away my other customers and I would lose money." Which is total bologna and we all know it, Ryan.
His act was based solely on old fashioned bigotry. Thing is, when someone claims to be a Christian, and then turns around and displays such hatred for his fellow men, he puts a black mark on the entire religion. If he had thought about the Word, he would have displayed righteousness, instead his act not only turned the gay couple away from his restaurant, but it likely turned them off to the idea of Christianity--forever. Think of the harm his act of hatred might cause for their eternal souls.
Jesus Christ Himself dined with sinners on a regular basis. No matter what we think of other people, it should not determine how we respond to them; rather, our knowledge of the Bible, the fruits of the spirit, should guide our actions and words. The first fruit is Love! Galatians 5:22-23.
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