There will be many who disagree with me, I’m sure, but I hope it pulls debate away from the “sky is falling/this is the best thing ever” dichotomy that seems to characterize much of the dialogue so far. My fingers tremble at the keyboard because my goal is to help in the midst of a dialogue that seems far more divisive than it is uniting or constructive. That does not mean I hold any uniquely deep wisdom, but it does mean we’ve had a decade to process and pray over the issue. I write from the perspective of a pastor of an evangelical church in a country where same-sex marriage has been the law of the land for a decade. The social media reaction ranged from surprising to predictable to disappointing to occasionally refreshing. In June 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states, setting off a flurry of reaction by Christians and virtually everyone else on social media and beyond.Įd Stetzer wrote a helpful background post to the shift in opinion that led to the decision and included links to a number of other leading articles in his post.