{"id":540473,"date":"2021-05-25T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540473"},"modified":"2021-05-25T18:06:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:06:20","slug":"christian-realtor-who-left-gay-lifestyle-allows-license-to-expire-after-broker-forbids-talking-publicly-against-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-realtor-who-left-gay-lifestyle-allows-license-to-expire-after-broker-forbids-talking-publicly-against-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Realtor Who Left Gay Lifestyle Allows License To Expire After Broker Forbids Talking Publicly Against Homosexuality"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fchristian-realtor-who-left-gay-lifestyle-allows-license-to-expire-after-broker-forbids-talking-publicly-against-homosexuality%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=540473&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1281515956.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Christian realtor in Minnesota who writes on his <a href=\"https:\/\/mooreeverything.com\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> about <a href=\"https:\/\/mooreeverything.com\/articles\/ex-gay\">leaving the gay lifestyle<\/a> will allow his license with the National Association of Realtors (NAR) to expire after his broker reportedly told him he could no longer publicly express Christian views regarding sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould you pray for my wife and me as we seek God\u2019s will for what\u2019s next?\u201d Moore, who is now married to a woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onemoorematt\/status\/1395753720181403655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> last Friday. \u201cThis week my broker informed me that I cannot continue to talk publicly about Christian views re: LGBTQ+ issues if I want to remain with this brokerage. As of July 1st, I will no longer be a realtor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4193548387097\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are other brokerages in town. But there is widespread uneasiness about real estate agents talking about LGBTQ+ issues in the public sphere due to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nardotrealtor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nardotrealtor<\/a>&#8216;s recent change to the Code of Ethics. I wrote about this six months ago. 2\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jjoF428GbX\">https:\/\/t.co\/jjoF428GbX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Moore (@onemoorematt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/onemoorematt\/status\/1395753721447989248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moore\u2019s decision comes after NAR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdrealtor.org\/Home\/post\/no-more-hate-speech-an-important-update-to-nars-code-of-ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amended<\/a> its Code of Ethics last November to forbid realtors from engaging in \u201chate speech\u201d regarding sexual orientation or gender identity even in their private lives and on social media. Before, the code of ethics applied to realtors only while they were performing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, Moore wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/mooreeverything.com\/articles\/openlettertonar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open letter<\/a> to NAR expressing his concerns regarding their new rules, which he argued were too subjective and ill-defined to prevent discrimination against realtors who hold traditional Christian views regarding homosexuality and transgender behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough I am sure the changes made to the COE and SPSP on November 13th were intended to quell discrimination, I am concerned they will potentially foster discrimination against a particular group of Realtors,\u201d wrote Moore. \u201cI believe these changes may put Christian Realtors in a position in which they must choose either to 1) remain silent in the public sphere about issues pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity, or 2) share their historic Christian beliefs about these issues and risk being wrongfully accused of and reported for hate speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs public awareness of the fact that Realtors can be reported for things said and done outside of real estate increases, Realtors who express a historic Christian view of homosexual and transsexual behavior could become regular targets for undeserved allegations of hate speech,\u201d Moore warned.<\/p>\n<p>Moore further wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"28\">\n<p><em>First, there exists no legal or standard definition of the term hate speech in the United States. Second, it is common for a mere articulation of Christian beliefs concerning homosexuality and transgenderism to be labeled as hate speech. When we say that God desires LGBTQ+ people to turn to Jesus in faith and away from sexual (and all!) sin, we are often accused of doing harm to LGBTQ+ persons. But this is not harmful. This is not hate speech. This is an opinion. And there are countless opinions in this country about various moral issues. A healthy society is one in which many opinions about many things can be tolerated. An unhealthy society is one in which people seek to \u201ccancel\u201d or silence those who hold different opinions. I\u2019m afraid NAR\u2019s new rules, if interpreted and enforced in the way I worry they might be, could play a part in moving our society further away from health rather than toward it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If Christian Realtors begin to be reported alleged hate speech, I wonder if we will be able to receive fair hearings from our peers considering the lack of agreed-upon definitions and overall fuzziness of what constitutes hate speech as it relates to sexual orientation and gender identity. NAR defines hate speech as \u201cspeech that is intended to insult, offend, or intimidate a person because of some trait (as race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability).\u201d The problem here is that in most cases it is very difficult to prove intent. Yet NAR makes intent an essential element of hate speech and tasks a Hearing Panel (made up of Realtors, not lawyers, judges, or psychologists) with determining whether or not ill intent was present.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/advisory-board-calls-on-virginia-school-district-to-dismiss-teachers-who-criticize-the-districts-equity-training\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advisory Board Calls On Virginia School District To Dismiss Teachers Who Criticize The District\u2019s Equity Training<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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