{"id":6192,"date":"2014-02-24T12:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2014-02-24T12:54:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:54:15","slug":"wedding-cakes-and-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6192","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Cakes and Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it un-Christian-like to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding? If so, isn&#8217;t it then hypocritical if the baker doesn&#8217;t look into every other wedding ceremony to see if any sin is being committed?<\/p>\n<p>No, says Russel D. Moore. The two questions are completely different issues. The former defies the Biblical definition of marriage. He discusses the difference, complete with citations from the apostle Paul, in <a href=\"http:\/\/erlc.com\/article\/are-christians-hypocritical-on-weddings-and-conscience-protection\">&quot;On Weddings and Conscience: Are Christians Hypocrites?&quot;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it un-Christian-like to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding? If so, isn&#8217;t it then hypocritical if the baker doesn&#8217;t look into every other wedding ceremony to see if any sin is being committed? No, says Russel D. Moore. The two questions are completely different issues. 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