{"id":2255835,"date":"2024-05-30T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainline-denomination-fully-capitulates-alters-logo-to-support-lgbt-pride\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T18:27:14","slug":"mainline-denomination-fully-capitulates-alters-logo-to-support-lgbt-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainline-denomination-fully-capitulates-alters-logo-to-support-lgbt-pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Denomination Embraces Change, Adjusts Logo to Show Support for LGBT &#8216;Pride"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmainline-denomination-fully-capitulates-alters-logo-to-support-lgbt-pride%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=2255835&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--><p>The Episcopal\u200b Church recently unveiled an\u2062 LGBT &#8220;pride&#8221; logo,\u2063 marking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-growing-democratic-opposition-to-cheap-labor-migration\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Growing Democratic Opposition to Cheap Labor Migration\">significant shift<\/a> towards secular influences. Despite past controversies, including support for gay \u200cand &#8220;trans&#8221; rights,\u200d this logo change\u2062 reflects the church&#8217;s deeper embrace of \u200cprogressive values. Critics within the \u2064Christian\u200d community have raised concerns about the church&#8217;s departure from traditional\u2063 teachings \u2064and alignment with \u2064secular trends.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Mainline Denomination Fully Capitulates, Alters Logo to Support LGBT &#8216;Pride&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 30, 2024 at 10:47am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>While the Episcopal Church has not exactly been a bastion of conservatism and Christian orthodoxy for many years now, its recent unveiling of an LGBT \u201cpride\u201d logo signaled its final capitulation to secular forces.<\/p>\n<p>The church \u2014 the American branch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicancommunion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anglican Communion<\/a> \u2014 had already lent its public support to questionable causes over the last century.<\/p>\n<p>The original Anglican branch was the first Christian denomination to approve the use of birth control in 1930, a controversial decision and capitulation to secular culture that paved the way for the support of gay rights in the 1970s and \u201ctrans\u201d rights in the modern day.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, the Episcopal Church took things to the next level with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/publicaffairs\/episcopal-church-unveils-new-pride-shield-in-celebration-of-lgbtq-inclusion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-wisconsin-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-challenges-nearly-160000-votes\/\" title=\"Emergency Wisconsin Lawsuit To Stop Certification Challenges Nearly 160,000 Votes\">news release<\/a><\/a> touting a \u201cPride shield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church\u2019s ancient shield was revised to include elements of the LGBT \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/denomination-abomination-rise-heresy-mainline-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pride<\/a>\u201d and \u201cPride Progress\u201d flags.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/the-episcopal-church-designed-an-official-pride-shield-for-churches-to-use-in-place-of-the-classic-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not the Bee<\/a> \u2014 the Babylon Bee\u2019s nonsatirical sister site \u2014 explained, the traditional logo for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/episcopal-church-ordains-lesbian-bishop-jesus-said-absolutely-nothing-homosexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Church<\/a> is a red cross on a white shield, the standard for England\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturday-night-live-shreds-cdc-for-ever-changing-mask-rules-calls-fauci-patron-saint-of-purell\/\" title=\"\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 Shreds CDC For Ever-Changing Mask Rules, Calls Fauci \u2018Patron Saint Of Purell\u2019\">patron saint<\/a>, St. George, a Roman martyr most renowned for slaying a demonic dragon.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Episcopal Church removes Saint George\u2019s Cross, adds \u201cPride\u201d colors on shield logo<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9VsSnstWD6\">https:\/\/t.co\/9VsSnstWD6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Not_the_Bee\/status\/1795898674351939623?\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the news release, the Episcopal Church boasted about the ways it has caved to the secular culture, with its approvals of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dangerous-theology-national-cathedral-faces-blowback-for-allowing-guest-preacher-who-opposes-homosexuality\/\" title=\"\u2018Dangerous Theology\u2019: National Cathedral Faces Blowback For Allowing Guest Preacher Who Opposes Homosexuality\">gay marriage<\/a> and women\u2019s ordination and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/publicaffairs\/episcopal-church-appoints-aaron-scott-as-first-gender-justice-staff-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent hiring<\/a> of a \u201cgender justice staff officer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you approve of this move by the Episcopal Church?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That officer, Aaron Scott, approved of the logo change with a statement that could have come straight from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-hit-punishment-lawmaker-hosts-drag-queen-story-hour-state-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the United States, the bodily autonomy of women and trans people is under attack, and fully 50% of LGBTQ+ Americans live in poverty,\u201d said Scott, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/racialreconciliation\/meet-our-new-staff-officer-for-gender-justice-aaron-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">woman who claims to be a man<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am grateful for the care and intention that went into designing this new Pride shield as it not only represents the LGBTQ+ community more fully, but also lifts those who, out of sheer necessity of survival and dignity, have fought the hardest and sacrificed the most for the thriving of all of us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this self-congratulatory move did not meet with universal acclaim from the Christian community.<\/p>\n<p>Psychiatrist and author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jordan-peterson-ordered-six-month-re-education-program-posted-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Peterson<\/a> shared the new logo on social media along with a biblical reference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoon the abomination of desolation will be put in the highest place,\u201d he wrote, using a term from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Daniel+12%3A11&#038;version=NASB1995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel 12:11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Soon the abomination of desolation will be put in the highest place <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0tZs5eUcgP\">https:\/\/t.co\/0tZs5eUcgP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1795639207001751816?\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christian podcaster Craig Chamberlin reposted the logo and wrote, \u201cThe devils end goal is always to make a mockery of that which God created. Always.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The devils end goal is always to make a mockery of that which God created.<\/p>\n<p>Always. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x5aiFrx5Eu\">https:\/\/t.co\/x5aiFrx5Eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Craig Chamberlin (@CraigChamberlin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigChamberlin\/status\/1795641140701811142?\">May 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pastor and musician Steve Camp likewise had some choice words about the \u201cPride shield.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe apostasy of the Episcopal Church is now clear for everyone to see in their new coat of arms,\u201d he said on X. \u201cRomans 1:18-28. Repent from your sin or reap the eternal fruit of disobedience.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The apostasy of the Episcopal Church is now clear for everyone to see in their new coat of arms. Romans 1:18-28. Repent from your sin or reap the eternal fruit of disobedience. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tvw5cQNJ36\">pic.twitter.com\/tvw5cQNJ36<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PastorSteveCamp (@PastorSJCamp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PastorSJCamp\/status\/1795564567285682265?\">May 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And they were all absolutely correct.<\/p>\n<p>While the LGBT shield has not replaced the traditional shield (yet), the fact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/graham-responds-to-the-episcopal-church-removing-husband-and-wife-from-vows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Church<\/a> created it and encouraged its adoption symbolizes the church\u2019s complete surrender to the forces of wokeness and the secular world.<\/p>\n<p>It has spit in the face of God and ignored his clear commands just to conform to what is fashionable in society.<\/p>\n<p>This illustrates the importance of Christian denominations holding fast to the doctrines and teachings of Christ in the Bible, no matter the pressure from the secular culture.<\/p>\n<p>Drift can happen alarmingly fast, to the point where an Episcopalian from 100 years probably wouldn\u2019t even recognize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/episcopal-church-overrules-local-leaders-says-priests-can-marry-homosexuals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Church<\/a> of today.<\/p>\n<p>Because, despite its claims to the contrary, whoever the church worships now certainly isn\u2019t God.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Allison Anton on May 30, 2024, at 10:47 am, the Episcopal Church&#8217;s adoption of an LGBT &#8220;pride&#8221; logo indicates its complete surrender to secular influences. 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