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Question on Working for a Company that Supports LGBT

July 12th, 2015

What are your thoughts on the following question I’ve just been assigned: “Should I be working for a company that supports LGBT? Or a company that supports anything that opposes God’s word?”

Thanks much!

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  • Jeff Laird Not to be trite, but 1 Corinthians 5:10 comes to mind. There are almost no companies on earth that are morally, doctrinally perfect. Of course, each person has to decide if a line has been crossed, but for the most part I don’t think it’s avoidable. Unless a company is affirming an inerrant Bible and Christ alone as the means of salvation, they’re opposing the Word, so you’d be stuck.
    July 7 at 2:49pm · Like · 5
  • Craig Simons I agree with Jeff. Nearly all companies in the USA are going to give support to gay marriage since it’s now the law of the land. We are to be the light of the world. You can’t be that if you retreat from the world. We are called to be in the world, just not of the world.
    July 7 at 3:05pm · Like · 5
  • Christopher Dupre 1 Cor 5:9-11 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to keep company with fornicators—
    10 yet not meaning altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters, for to do so ye would need to go out of the w    orld.
    11 But I now have written unto you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother if he is a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner. With such a one you are not even to eat.
    July 7 at 3:20pm · Like · 1
  • Dwight Payne I’m sure that person is not perfect so why is he asking if he should only work for a perfect company?
    July 7 at 3:23pm · Like · 1
  • Steven Matthew Vovk I think be in the world, not of the world comes to mind. You can work for a company that does mainstream business but maybe not be involved in the social aspect, for example getting trashed at the Christmas party.
    July 7 at 4:00pm · Like · 1
  • William Brenner They will ALL be supporting it thanks to the Supreme Court. Just don’t celebrate what you don’t believe in.
    July 7 at 4:18pm · Like · 1
  • Wendyl Leslie I’m guessing the bottom-line is that, from this point on, we can’t help but work for an organization that’s going to be impacted in some form or other by the LGBT. This is especially true now with the new SCOTUS ruling. I just read that in the US alone there are 379 major corporations that support the homosexual agenda. Even if you’re not working for them, you’re supporting them by using their services or products. There’s no getting around it. This issue is here to stay and we’ve got to learn how to deal with it.

    Christopher, in the passage you referenced in 1 Corinthians 5, Paul is referring to believers not to associate with their brothers and sisters who do those things he listed. Having said that, for all of us, Jesus has warned that even though we’re not of the world, we’re still in it. And we can’t hide from it. But our calling is to go into it (see Matthew 28:19-20), to the salt and light of it (Matthew 5:13-16). We’re not to hide, even in the workplace.

    The Bible makes this promise to those of us who love Him: “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Timothy 3:12). Until now, we and the church have been relatively free of persecution and hate. No more. And William, you’re absolutely correct. Thanks to all you who’ve contributed to this discussion.
    July 7 at 4:20pm · Edited · Like
  • Carol Coleman Seems to be this is a matter of conscience. I do agree with the others. It could be a great opportunity to show God’s love through a Christian life. Those in the world of LGBT also need to know God loves them.
    July 7 at 4:23pm · Like · 1
  • Christopher Dupre Paul also referenced nonbelievers, that we can’t avoid them and live our Christian faith. That was the point of my post. Just an example how Obama’s executive order to not do business with companies that ‘discriminate against homosexuals’ has driven compliance and LGBT posturing in the private sector for government business, the following is a publication of Booz Allen Hamilton: In honor of National Coming Out Day, Booz Allen Chairman and CEO Ralph Shrader has recorded a video highlighting the importance of creating a diverse workplace where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) employees feel welcomed, and calling on others in the workplace to become “straight allies.” In his message, Shrader concluded: “I’m… aware of the fact that Coming Out Day has some, at least, dual meaning,” he said. “On the one hand, it’s a coming out day for our LGBT employees. But it also needs to be a coming out day for our straight employees to say how welcome and how involved they want to be with the LGBT community. I want to tell everybody that I wish you a very happy National Coming Out Day.” It’s not enough to be intimidated into silence. We will have to openly support and in some cases celebrate homosexuality.
    July 7 at 4:53pm · Like · 1
  • Wendyl Leslie Wow! I personally would have a difficult time doing that.
    July 7 at 4:57pm · Like
  • Stuart Mattfield Since I’m late the game, I’ll simply say…no.
    July 7 at 8:22pm · Like
  • Elizabeth DeVore You mean like the government?
    July 8 at 2:51pm · Like · 2
  • Byron Earnheart I’ve had similar thoughts to this question. Granted, I work for a community bank in Mississippi and the fact that I think we probably need to discuss this rebel flag issue makes me a raging liberal…so, I haven’t had to face this directly. But what I’ve learned is this LGBT issue is (for lack of a better word) raw with evangelicals like myself. We pound our fist and start making our argument (and they’re all scripturally sound…mostly) but if we say one thing is a sin but turn a blind eye to other sins, where does that leave us? I would respond to this with…well what is your company’s position on drunkenness or gluttony? Do they serve alcohol at corporate functions? Do they approve alcohol on expense reports? The issue isn’t drinking per se…but they are creating a corporate culture that invites drunkenness. What about gluttony? Are the employees that over indulge in food called out on the carpet for this?

    My point here is not to say (like the skeptics love to point out) that all of these aren’t really sin. My point here is to say that, more than likely, drunkenness and gluttony didn’t bother the questioner either (to say nothing of pride, ego, greed that’s inherent in corporate America) before the SCOTUS decision.

    I too feel the shot in the gut at how far we’ve fallen. I too feel the sorrow at our depravity. But, as someone earlier said, we are in the world and not of it. God hasn’t changed. His Word hasn’t changed…and that applies to the sins that were probably rampant in this person’s company. So, if God is God and He called you to work for this company, then He’s in control of your life and the direction of the company. The fact that the LGBT issue is fresh to us doesn’t mean ANY of this is new, surprising, or overwhelming to God.
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  • Wendyl Leslie Good points, Bryan. I always have to remind myself that God is in control and His will will be done . . . and I find comfort in that.

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