In early Summer, there had been a major standoff between police and protestors a few short miles from my apartment in Fort Worth which was only diffused by prayer and the cool-headed humility of the Fort Worth police department. Amid the isolation of the pandemic and the tensions caused by horrible atrocities committed against the African-American community, I was really looking forward to getting away from the city for the 4th of July weekend. I couldn't understand why my family was hesitant to attend our hometown Independence Day parade, until I learned that there were pictures on social media of 3 vehicles decked out with half a dozen Confederate Battle Flags and a house on Main Street flying the insipid banner in preparation for the event. The presence of that insidious rag meant that our family was neither welcome, nor safe in that hostile environment.
Black lives do indeed matter, but the global BLM organization has misappropriated the name "Black Lives Matter," to exploit the suffering of Black people around the world in order to propagate an agenda that is harmful and disrespectful to the Black community, and to the brotherhood of mankind. They vehemently oppose family values, the Bible and Christianity in general.
When I moved to Texas 8 years ago, I was visiting area churches. One Sunday I unknowingly entered a Black Baptist Church. While it felt rather awkward, finding myself as the only white adult in the room, it was also wonderful and uplifting. They showed tremendous respect for authority and for their Pastor and his wife, the First Lady. They were clearly reciprocating the care and respect being show to them by their leaders. There was a refreshing attitude of gratitude toward teachers and a wonderful sense of community. It was obvious to anyone that the members of that church prayed for and cared deeply about their community and families.
The ideologies being promoted by the BLM confederation directly contradict the priorities and values of the Black Christian Community. In this article, we will examine the incongruity of these two radically different belief systems.
1. They Promote Conflicting Views on FAMILY
A. BLM's Point of View
If you google "Black Lives Matter," you might see a tab titled "What We Believe." That tab now leads to a page that has been taken down. Before they removed that manifesto, I printed it out. That page revealed the true agenda of this organization. The official website of the Global BLM Network clearly stated that they seek to do the following:
Disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and "villages" that collectively care for one another, especially our children...Dismantle cisgender privilege
Not only is the BLM syndicate opposed to the Biblical view of family, they have made it their mission to disrupt, dismantle and otherwise destroy the family unit and all of its benefits. This alone is reason enough to fear and reject this movement in its entirety. This language indicates that they think the "collective" should be responsible for raising children instead of their own parents. I suppose it is much easier to brainwash children and eradicate family values that way. They actively oppose every aspect of our nation, culture and communities that supports marriage or thrives as a result of the family unit as designed and instituted by God.
B. Black Pastor's Point of View
In stark contrast to the exploitive relationship the BLM maintains with the black community, we will now turn to examine the perspective of those who have dedicated their lives to shepherding and serving the Black community. In the Spring of 2014, a coalition of 110 African-American pastors filed an amicus brief in opposition to a Michigan judge's legalization of gay marriage. 110 pastors signing on to the statement codifies this as a particularly strong example of the beliefs of the Black Christian Community. In addition to the signatories, the statement represents the beliefs of an additional 200 churches. Amici are Friends of the Court. This coalition of dedicated pastors stands for the following:
Amici devote their lives to America's time-honored family values, morality and the Christian faith...Amici support the vote of 2.7 million citizens of Michigan who cast their vote and enacted the Michigan Marriage Amendment to secure the sanctity of the traditional family, as it is defined by God in the Bible.
The amendment which is fully supported by this partnership of pastors states: To secure and preserve the benefits of marriage for our society and for future generations of children, the union of one man and one woman in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.
This coalition of clergy asserts that: Michigan is entitled to promote what has proven to be the healthiest social structure for the rearing of children and propagation of society, and it is not required to simultaneously promote less healthy alternatives.
They go on to support the historical, moral and Biblical value that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
This alliance of overseers believes that children need both a father and a mother and that the Biblical family is the optimal environment for raising children. They firmly believe that heterosexual couples make better parents: They state that Obviously, scientific observations of human biology, human history, and our own experience, common sense and reason tell us that children come exclusively from opposite sex unions, and children benefit from being raised by their biological parents whenever possible.
Black Pastors strongly support the traditional family as created by God and the benefits it provides. The position taken by BLM is in direct opposition to the wisdom and will of the true Shepherds who care for the Black community.
2. They Profess Incompatible Views on SEXUALITY
A. BLM's Intentions
As if their anti-family, anti-God stance wasn't dangerous enough, the BLM also purports to:
Foster a queer-affirming network...freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking They also affirm actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, and gender expression...They make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead and uplift black trans folk.
The BLM network was created to promote the LGBTQ+ lifestyle and to perpetuate it throughout the Black community. This global BLM conglomerate has inextricably linked their destiny and purpose with that of the LGBTQ+ movement. As a result of these efforts, we already have courts ordering public schools to allow biological males to simultaneously use bathrooms, locker rooms and shower facilities with underage teenage girls. The California legislature and governor just passed a measure that allows homosexuals as old as 24 to commit sexual acts with children as young as 14. Nothing is more destructive to a people group than the proliferation of sexual sin. Anyone who cares about the black community must stand against this organization, its evil intentions and its wicked, sinful agenda which seeks to defile and demoralize.
To be very clear, black lives and LGBTQ lives matter. They matter to God. They matter so much that He sent His Son to die for them. But Jesus did not die so that we could simply ignore them and allow them to suffer or to harm others. For example, Jesus died so that transgender persons could be set free from the lies they have believed, freed from the deception that has confused their minds and restored to live the lives of dignity and purpose God intended for them to have. Jesus died so that all people could turn away from sin and be forgiven. He died so people could be set free from bondage and slavery to sin, empowered to live holy lives and brought into a relationship with Him and with His people. The mission of the BLM/LGBTQ merger would prevent Christian adoption agencies from placing children exclusively in safe homes with people who share Christian sexual ethics, morality and family values. They actively work against the ministries of the church and its teachings by supporting and spreading shameful, sinful, LGBTQ lies and lifestyle choices.
B. Black Pastors Weigh In
This coalition of pastors strongly opposes the comparison of the LGBT agenda with the struggle for Black civil rights.
Comparing the dilemmas of same-sex couples to the centuries of discrimination faced by Black Americans is a distortion of our country's cultural and legal history. The disgraces and unspeakable privations in our nation's history pertaining to the civil rights of Black Americans are unmatched...
While a person's gender as a male or female is a matter of unchangeable Biblical and Biological reality, sexual behavior has been profoundly affected by sin. A person's sexual preferences are subject to lies, lust, deception, manipulation, sinful decisions and error. The pastors draw a hard line between a person's race and someone's sexual choices.
A person's sexuality and sexual preferences, however, are not their state of being, or even an immutable aspect of who they are, as race is. The truth of the matter is that is merely activity in which they engage.
They further assert that the state is not required to accept that one's sexual conduct preference is the same as an immutable characteristic like race.
This group of pastors directly addressed the absurdity and invalidity inherent in the argument. The legal history of these disparate classifications, i.e., immutable racial discrimination and same-sex attraction, is incongruent. They point out that The law treats racial classifications as wholly distinct from sexual preference classifications.
A person's sexual preferences and proclivities are a matter of choice. A person's skin color is a matter of unalterable biological truth. Comparing the two is an overt act of racism. It is inappropriate and offensive to compare one person's sin with the color of another's skin.
3. They Have a Serious Ideological Clash over RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
The BLM conglomerate also seeks to:
Engage comrades...Cultivate an intergenerational and communal network
Their is nothing coincidental about the choice of language here. The words "collective," "comrade" and "communal" are cause for concern. Not only is the BLM a Socialist organization that opposes American democracy and the freedom of religion that comes with it, they are conspicuously Communist in their convictions. If they are successful, the United States will look more like Russia or China than the allegedly free country we celebrate each 4th of July. China's crackdown on the freedoms once enjoyed by the citizens of Hong Kong should serve as a warning to us all. If the BLM has their way, we will see the sort of attacks on churches and loss of freedoms that are occurring in Asia right here on American soil...or perhaps we already are...
They specifically elevate youth over the wisdom and the sort of expertise that comes with age in an effort to overthrow established religion and values. As I mentioned, the Black church is known for their respect of authority. There is a reason church leaders are called elders.
The platform of the LGBTQ movement is incompatible with Biblical Christianity and they know it. In order to advance this pagan agenda, the international BLM campaign has joined together with the LGBTQ juggernaut in an attempt to cancel Christian culture, erase family values, eradicate Judeo-Christian morality and steamroll anyone who stands in their way. Knowing full well that our nation's laws were drawn from and based upon God's laws, this movement seeks to eradicate America as we know it in order to facilitate the spread of their wicked, sinful lifestyle and erase the Christian influence on this country.
4. They Hold Conflicting Perspectives on VIOLENCE
BLM opposes violence toward the Black transgender community. All Christians should agree that violence directed toward any member of the LGBTQ community is wrong. Black pastors believe that all human beings have inherent value because God created every person in His image. They clearly state that they hold no animosity toward anyone, but the BLM institution DOES hold animosity toward the white community, families, the Christian faith and the United States as a whole.
We have watched this animosity unleashed before our very eyes as cities are burned, businesses are destroyed and police are attacked. Theft was rampant as looters broke into stores and stole what does not belong to them. I have not found any evidence of BLM speaking out against these actions except for local BLM 457 from Virginia, who distanced themselves by speaking out against rioters and another local BLM chapter in Salt Lake City who did the same. Sadly, these seem to be the exception, rather than the rule. BLM is closely linked to Critical Race Theory which claims that the entire American system of government, our economy, our morals, our values, everything is designed to oppress black people. And they want to burn it all down.
The 8th commandment is: You shall not steal. Looting is stealing. Proverbs chapter 1 warns against this: My son, if sinners entice you, don't be persuaded. If they say...We'll find all kinds of valuable property and fill our houses with plunder. Throw in your lot with us, and we'll all share the loot--my son, don't travel that road with them or set foot on their path, because their feet run toward evil and they hurry to shed blood. Theft is a sin. Christians may not take what does not belong to them or condone others doing it.
Just a short drive from my house, BLM protestors ignored social distancing protocols, exposing themselves to Covid-19. They then swarmed into restaurants, ignoring capacity limitations and pressed in around the customers, potentially exposing them to the virus. At the very height of the pandemic, they flooded the aisles of stores as people attempted to purchase groceries and intentionally pressed themselves around the shoppers, potentially exposing them. As I have mentioned, there was a tense standoff between curfew violating protestors and peace officers in downtown Fort Worth. Across the country, it has been much worse, rioters have demonstrated that they oppose law and order and have displayed a "burn it down," sort of mentality that is frightening to behold.
As these things were taking place, here is what came up in our Bible Study lessons:
Don't plan any harm against your neighbor, for he trusts you and lives near you. -Proverbs 3:29
A city is built up by the blessing of the upright, but it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked. Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks sense, but a person with understanding hold his peace. -Proverbs 11:11-12
The righteous person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked one does not understand these concerns. -Proverbs 29:7
Scoffers set a city aflame, but the wise turn away anger. -Proverbs 29:8
It was no accident that we came upon these verses at this time. God speaks to these contemporary issues with precision in His word and His message is clear. We should care for the rights of the poor and about injustice. We grieve when authority figures misuse their power. We mourn when those individuals charged with protecting citizens cause them harm. We should also respect our neighbors and communities and not tear down and destroy them. Once again, the BLM's actions are incompatible with the Christian faith.
In Isaiah 1:10, He calls upon the people to Hear the word of the Lord and Listen to the instruction of our God. He then delivers an important discourse on justice and right action that is pleasing to God. In verse 16 and 17, he tells them to stop doing evil encouraging them to learn what is good. Then he provides 4 examples of what is good, just and fair. He tells them to:
1. Pursue Justice
Having already told them to listen to the instruction, or Torah, the LAW of God, He now instructs them to actively seek justice. This word in Hebrew is mishpat, which means to seek good judgement and order. God's idea of justice is not anarchy and violence in the streets, it is LAW & ORDER.
2. Correct the Oppressor
Christians should seek to provide relief to those who have been oppressed, admonish the offender, intervene on behalf of the victims, give guidance, be a blessing and to make things right.
3. Defend the rights of the fatherless
Stand up for those who can't take care of themselves. Watch over those without families.
4. Plead the widow's cause
Come to the defense of the defenseless. Actively help them and seek to do good for them.
God established the family. He also provided the tithe to take care of widow's, orphans and foreigners living in Israel. Those with families were meant to take care of those without the protection and benefit of a family. The solution for injustice, oppression and social problems is not to destroy, dismantle and disrupt the family. The solution is to preserve, promote and protect the family. We must care for those without family, provide for them, invite them into the family of God, treat them like brothers and sisters and watch over them with special care.
Conclusion
The unholy union of BLM with LGBTQ is dangerous and harmful to the black community. Sexual harm is one of the most deeply personal and painful types of suffering that a human being can endure and the BLM exists to promote and perpetuate every sinful and sexually deviant lifestyle choice imaginable while railing against sexuality as God designed it. The agenda of the Global BLM cartel is in direct opposition to the values, goals, desires and morals of the Black Christian community. These differences are irreconcilable. The BLM and its adherents do not have the best interests of the black community in mind. Calling their organization "Black Lives Matter," is like an abortion facility naming itself "Lighthouse of Hope." The name conceals a lie that deceives people into believing they care about them and have their best interests in mind, when only sin and suffering, death and destruction await those who enter. The BLM has declared war on the family and on on Biblical morality. BLM has demonstrated itself to be a manipulative, violent, racist, anti-Christian, terrorist hate group.
Black Pastors vs. BLM is Right vs. Wrong, Light vs. Darkness, Healthy vs. Harmful, Sacred vs. Secular, Christianity vs. Paganism, Good vs. Evil. We would all do well to heed the wise counsel of this unified partnership of Black Pastors and reject and oppose the BLM syndicate.
Here is a link to what the Bible teaches about sexuality: identity-crisis-created-in-image-of-god.html
Here is a link to the amicus brief from 110 Black Pastors: black-pastors-amicus-brief-mich-gay-marriage.pdf
Here is the link to the now-removed BLM statement of belief: https://blacklivesmatter.com/what-we-believe/
