{"id":1942545,"date":"2023-06-02T07:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T11:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-are-right-to-raise-red-flags-about-rainbow-flags\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T07:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T11:32:01","slug":"christians-are-right-to-raise-red-flags-about-rainbow-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christians-are-right-to-raise-red-flags-about-rainbow-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Christians Are Right To Raise Red Flags About Rainbow Flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristians-are-right-to-raise-red-flags-about-rainbow-flags%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1942545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that people like me \u2014 normal Christians trying not to choke on all of the LGBT alphabet soup being shoved down our throats \u2014 are the ones deemed controversial during a month devoted to haranguing the world with the left\u2019s sexual agenda. <\/p>\n<p>Yet that\u2019s exactly what happened after I, along with several others, called out the popular Christian TV show \u201cThe Chosen\u201d for not just allowing a pride flag on its Bible-themed set but also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/31\/the-chosen-cant-serve-both-god-and-lgbt-pride-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defending the LBGT propaganda<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1206853444\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-319ed4e0c108443ebd4fd64877f32cd0 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-319ed4e0c108443ebd4fd64877f32cd0\"><\/div>\n<p>Some on the right claimed that Christians concerned with \u201cThe Chosen\u2019s\u201d response were simply <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lancewallnau\/status\/1663894608634363904?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overreacting<\/a>, or looking to cast stones, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuslanKD\/status\/1664108238886023170?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gin up controversy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyDBoreing\/status\/1663897917961261064?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hold the show to impossible standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Those accusations lost any merit they may have had on Thursday morning when at least two cast members from the show doubled down on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&#038;v=D_kiMFgy9Sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">openly Christian creators\u2019<\/a> explicit decision to stand not with its audience of faithful, Bible-believing Christians, but for an icon that brags of sins such as sexual immorality and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/26\/kirk-cameron-releases-new-kind-of-pride-book-just-in-time-for-lgbt-narcissism-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pride<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother one of the actors on The Chosen here. Anyone who is going to go at one of our family members for something like this, is no fan of ours. They can close the door on the way out[.] \u2018Love one another as I have loved you[.]\u2019 We stand with our brother,\u201d Giavani Cairo, who plays Thaddeus on the show, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GCairo06\/status\/1663750736914546691?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. He concluded the statement with pride flag and red heart emojis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cairo\u2019s words were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/1664298739731927040\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quickly retweeted<\/a> by several other show actors including George Xanthis who plays the Apostle John.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4c51191089ba23a0eb8995a323120171 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4c51191089ba23a0eb8995a323120171\"><\/div>\n<p>Jordan Ross, the actor who plays Little James, affirmed Cairo\u2019s statement with a pride flag-decorated tweet of his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brother @GCairo06 isn\u2019t the only one who stands by the LGBTQ members of our Chosen family,\u201d Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJordanRoss\/status\/1664048214574497794?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. \u201c[G]et outta here with your hate, homophobia and ignorance. Not very Jesus-like of you, Jonny.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><\/figure>\n<p>Calling \u201cThe Chosen\u2019s\u201d audience, many of whom believe what the Bible teaches about sexual immorality, \u201chomophobes\u201d is not Christlike. That smear is not only a betrayal of the principles the show claims to represent, but it\u2019s also completely false. Complying with God\u2019s words on sex and marriage is not a \u201cphobia.\u201d It\u2019s obedience to the Creator and Savior. Christians should be recommitting themselves to <a href=\"https:\/\/fidelitymonth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fidelity<\/a> to God and His mission, not using their platform to openly reject God\u2019s call for repentance and sanctification. <\/p>\n<p>But on a broader level, the whole \u201cChosen\u201d debacle vindicates Christians who saw the pride flag as a red flag. Recall that \u201cThe Chosen\u2019s\u201d original rebuttal claimed the flag was the product of the show\u2019s policy to \u201cwork with anyone on our show who helps us portray or honor the authentic Jesus.\u201d That original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Revelation%203%3A16&#038;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lukewarm<\/a> response already hadn\u2019t cut it for many Christians. The comments from Cairo and Ross, however, affirmed that Christians were right to be wary when they spotted an LGBT flag on set \u2014 and confirmed their suspicions that one of the few entertainment refuges they have from the world had caved to it. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-aa9e1f06f4863110a806d177a4ea2cca fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-aa9e1f06f4863110a806d177a4ea2cca\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s all very reminiscent of the Bud Light controversy, though, of course, that one didn\u2019t revolve around Christian entertainment. The right was correct to be alarmed by Anheuser-Busch\u2019s decision to partner with professional\u00a0woman-mocker Dylan Mulvaney. One can of beer with a man masquerading as the opposite sex isn\u2019t worth a boycott, Republicans like Donald Trump Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/17\/republicans-making-excuses-for-bud-light-snatch-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-a-culture-war-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> as Bud Light profits tumbled. <\/p>\n<p>Over the course of mere days, however, it was clear that Bud Light, even after suffering the wrath of angry Americans, was doubling down on its commitment to transgender insanity by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/25\/bud-light-anheuser-busch-double-down-on-transgender-insanity-sponsor-pride-parades-across-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sponsoring<\/a> several pride parades across the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Christians have called for years for boycotts against the increasingly radical Target. It wasn\u2019t until the retailer <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/22\/target-partnered-with-satan-supporter-who-wants-to-eradicate-critics-of-transgenderism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">partnered with a Satanist <\/a>and began selling pro-transgender merch to children that the rest of the nation <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/24\/its-up-to-moms-to-crush-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">began to put its foot down<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>I can almost guarantee that, even after all of this hubbub, fans of \u201cThe Chosen\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyRoot_\/status\/1664338906572271616?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do not want to see<\/a> the show tumble from its place as one of the few pillars in Christian media. After all, it was faithful Christians who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncfgiving.com\/stories\/funding-the-chosen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financially supported<\/a> the show in its humble beginnings and continued to shower it with praise through its <a href=\"https:\/\/godtv.com\/the-chosen-netflix-box-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the program and performers\u2019 recent embrace of a movement that denies the principles celebrated in every episode has put devoted Christ-followers in a tough spot. There\u2019s nothing God-honoring or Christlike about promoting the alphabet movement that approves of men in costumes sharing bathrooms with women and girls, irreversible sexual experiments on minors who can\u2019t even legally consent to the permanent mangling of their bodies, kids reading porn and discussing sexuality in schools, false pronouns in government emails and Instagram bios, men profiting off the mockery of women, mostly naked adults gyrating in front of children for their own amusement \u2014 or even flying or defending a plain rainbow flag that celebrates \u201cpride\u201d and a version of sex and marriage outside what God Himself has prescribed. <\/p>\n<p>No amount of pushback from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/06\/house-democrats-kill-amendment-that-would-have-protected-religious-americans-from-persecution-under-lgbt-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Congress<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/05\/transgender-inc-a-running-list-of-corporate-gender-insanity-insulting-women-kids-and-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">corporations<\/a>, or cranky keyboard warriors will change that. <\/p>\n<div  class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-54e437602d8718bb45c84e8b83b39831 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-54e437602d8718bb45c84e8b83b39831\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/anheuser-busch\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Anheuser-Busch<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/bud-light\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Bud Light<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/christian\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Christian<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fidelity-month\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">fidelity month<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/lgbt\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">LGBT<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/pride-flag\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Pride Flag<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/pride-month\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">pride month<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/rainbow-flag\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">rainbow flag<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/target\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Target<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/the-chosen\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">The Chosen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that people like me \u2014 normal Christians trying not to choke on all of the LGBT alphabet soup being shoved down our throats \u2014 are the ones deemed controversial during a month devoted to haranguing the world with the left\u2019s sexual agenda. Yet that\u2019s exactly what happened after I, along with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":1942546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[7072,7742,23491,5283,7741],"class_list":["post-1942545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-christians","tag-flags","tag-rainbow","tag-raise","tag-red"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1942545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1942545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1942546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1942545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1942545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1942545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}