Sunday, October 13, 2019
Actress Fired for Christian Views on Homosexuality
A 25-year-old British actress, Oluwaseyi Omooba, was set to star in the stage musical based on the Alice Walker novel “The Color Purple,” but was abruptly fired for her Christian beliefs.
A fellow actor scrolled through Omooba’s Facebook feed, going back five years to Sept. 18, 2014, to find a post in which she said homosexuality was wrong.
The actor asked Omooba publicly (via Twitter) whether she would renounce her old post or “remain a hypocrite.” The theater and her agents asked her to recant. But when Omooba refused to deny the authority of Scripture, they sacked her.
Although she is clearly a talented actress, Omooba no longer receives invitations to audition, nor can she find an agent to work with her. One agency told her, “Homophobia is illegal. It is not a matter of faith.”
To Omooba, these sudden attacks came as a surprise. “They knew that I was a Christian and they knew my stance on marriage, on my faith, on God, on many different things that are in the Bible,” she said. “On all my social medias I always post stuff about God, the Bible, or scriptures.”
Her father, Pastor Ade Omooba, is a co-founder of Christian Concern.
The experience hurt her. “I was quite taken aback. I was like, ‘Wow, people really think I hate them?'”
Throughout these trying circumstances, Omooba has refused to back down from her biblical convictions. Now, with the help of the Christian Legal Centre, she is suing the theater and her agents for wrongful termination under British law.
Surely Omooba had said something egregiously hateful to get so utterly canceled, right? That would have been simpler, but she said nothing of the sort.
She had written on Facebook more than five years ago: “Some Christians have completely misconceived the issue of Homosexuality, they have begun to twist the word of God. It is clearly evident in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 what the Bible says on this matter. I do not believe you can be born gay, and I do not believe homosexuality is right.”
As to whether anyone can be born gay, a landmark, pro-LGBT science paper released this summer concluded, once again, that there is no “gay gene.”
Besides having science on her side, Omooba simply cites the Bible and says that she believes it. In the verses she cites, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, the Apostle Paul includes homosexuality in a long list of sins. But the point of the passage is that hope, forgiveness, and cleansing from all these sins can be found in Jesus Christ. Where is the hate in that?
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And since the British Court of Screwballs deems Christianity is non compatible with this Human Dignity nonsense Britain is going down the path of socialism very very fast
"renounce her old post or “remain a hypocrite.”
Just how does expressing a religious belief make one a hypocrite? Denying her belief would be hypocrisy.
Also, in what way does saying homosexuality is wrong according to scripture indicate hate or fear of homosexuals? 1Corinthians 6:9-11 is a list of sins which will prevent inheritance of the kingdom of God. But Paul's (and all the apostle's) message was "abandon sin, come to Christ and be saved." That shows neither hate nor fear, but love.
The hate and fear shown in this situation lies with those who have denied a person a position as an actress based on their own emotional involvement with the issue, as well as those who fear for their own livelihoods should they associate with the outcast.
Those in the latter group are correct in their apprehension. Liberals are vicious, remorseless and relentless in their persecution of anyone who holds, or appears to hold, a belief or opinion that differs from theirs.
Liberals so darn rediculous their dancing for pennies on the street corners
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