Uh oh.

Just had to join another boycott. This time, Pepsi's made the decision I can't support, meaning that unfortunately, I won't be able to purchase their products (which include Frito Lay and Quaker).

Not only has this company recently produced two TV ads promoting the gay lifestyle, they've also:

 - given $1 million to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) to promote the homosexual lifestyle in the workplace. HRC and PFLAG used most of this money to try to defeat Proposition 8 in California.

 - started forcing their employees to attend sexual orientation and gender diversity training where the employees are taught to accept homosexuality

 - joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

After watching the Oscars last night and seeing the outpouring of support for Milk (a movie based on the life of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk), Brian and I spent some time discussing this issue that seems to be more and more prevalent, and more and more accepted in our culture today. We don't want to become desensitized to a lifestyle that the Lord blatantly names as sin.

Based on Scripture, I believe we are ALL sinners. I don't believe that God names one sin as worse than another (1 Cor. 6:9-11, Gal. 5:19-21, Eze. 18:20, Is. 59), so in His eyes, a lie from me is equally as "sinful" as two guys living together in a romantic relationship. Granted, some sins may be more immediately harmful than others, but when it's all said and done, any sin, apart from the cleansing blood of Jesus, is enough to separate a person from the Lord.

I think it is crucial that believers ALWAYS respond in love to those in sin. After all, each one of us will struggle with our sin nature until God calls us home. However, I believe that one of the most loving things we can do for those caught up in the homosexual lifestyle is to stand up against it. 

If Pepsi were releasing ads promoting murder, you better believe that people would have plenty to say about it. But we are increasingly becoming "ok" with homosexuality. It's quickly becoming a new normal, and I think that is partly due to the lack of Christian voices who are willing to take a stand against this dangerous behavior. 

If you'd like to push back against Pepsi's decision, you can sign the Boycott Pepsi Pledge and/or call 1-800-433-2652 to tell the company that you will be boycotting their products until they stop promoting the homosexual agenda. (Boycotts do work!)

May sin, whether it is homosexuality, hatred or selfishness, always SHOCK us. May we never be content with the sin in us and around us. May we always do whatever we can to further righteousness in ourselves and in our culture.