Author: Russell Moore

Russell D. Moore is President of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral concerns and public policy entity of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Moore is the author of several books including Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches and Tempted and Tried: Temptation and the Triumph of Christ. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons.
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On Weddings and Conscience: Are Christians Hypocrites?

Russell MooreMarch 4, 2014

Kirsten Powers and Jonathan Merritt wrote an article for the Daily Beast [on February 23 of this year] accusing conservative Christians of hypocrisy and unchristian behavior for suggesting that some persons’ consciences won’t allow them to use their creative gifts to help celebrate same-sex weddings. Since I was a key example of this hypocrisy, I’ll respond to that charge.

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