We never believed this could happen so we didn't go there to support the church. Lockhart said that she sees the church's situation as another symptom of a sickness in society. She cites increases in crime, drug abuse, violence, teen pregnancy, divorce, partial-birth abortion as proof of a slide down a slippery slope of unconditional tolerance. We have to remember that Jesus does forgive sin. He told the woman caught in adultery that he did not condemn her.
People like to forget that part of the story.
But the church will survive this controversy, Singh said, because the church is not a set of rules and doctrines. That's my prayer.