Bob Barker of the Price Is Right fame isn’t the only one who has the line “Come on down.” Fort Lauderdale, Florida is using that idea to make it known to queers throughout the land that they are welcome, and it must be presumed based on the comments that the price is right. In the words of  Nicki Grossman, head of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau: "We've got a message that says we're a warm, welcoming, safe destination, and his message is virtually the opposite. The mayor has painted a frightening picture of his city, and we're desperately trying to change that."

     ( Source http://www.newsmax.com/us/fort_lauderdale_mayor_gays/2007/08/30/28643.html)

The first part of lady’s statement aptly illustrates the difference between those (the mayor) who know the ugliness of sin and those (the lady) who think it is just another life style choice to be accepted as normal. Apparently, the lady doesn’t see sin as frightening and refuses to see what others are seeing. It sounds like she doesn’t want people to think that what is occurring in that city is immoral and is trying to make perversion look graceful and nice. I wonder if she has ever heard of Sodom and Gomorrah. That city had a similar problem and we know what happened to it.

But there is another issue and which is the heart of the issue. County commissioners accused him of jeopardizing the area's multibillion-dollar tourism industry. (Click Sun-Sentinel or URL below) Without being obvious and spelling it out, it is M-O-N-E-Y. Never allow sin to stop the flow of money to the coffers of the government and business; truthfully, the mayor’s action presents a dilemma they want to ignore. Decent people don’t want their children to be exposed to homosexual conduct but who cares down there? M-O-N-E-Y is the goal, sin or not.

In I Timothy 6:10 Paul wrote: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. The evil is unrestrained homosexual conduct and the mayor is causing them to be pierced, but the sorrow is that they are being exposed for condoning and accepting sin. But come on now. Morals can’t be allowed to get in the way of bringing in M-O-N-E-Y. (See Blind to the Truth this site)

When people ignore the moral teachings of scripture, confusion and blindness about right and wrong inevitably reign supreme in their mind. Anthony Niedwiecki, who helped form a group called Unite Fort Lauderdale said, in the wake of the mayor's comments, "Naugle has ruined the reputation of this community in the minds of many fair-minded Americans." Excuse me. The community doesn't need any help with ruining its reputation since those promoting the homosexual agenda are doing well with no help.  Matthew 15:14 tells us in the words of Jesus: Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. The deliberately blind leading the deliberately blind for the love of sin and money are blaming the mayor for their problems. Such astute leadership is overwhelming!

When people are practicing perversion and have supporters who encourage the conduct, it isn’t any wonder that they don’t wish to hear the truth or see the evil and gross behavior. Paul wrote: And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. (Ephesians 5:11-12) Not only are they speaking of it, they are encouraging, advertising, and displaying the behavior publicly. The mayor wants none of it and that isn’t setting well with the anything goes crowd who wish to satisfy their love of M-O-N-E-Y.

The facts and truth speak for themselves in this matter. The mayor is correct and those who say “fair-minded citizens” think that he is wrong are badly deceived. In Sorting It Out, can you guess the identity of the fair-minded citizens? It’s rather obvious, isn’t it?

08-30-2007 DEC