California wants to force pastors to adopt LGBT agenda

California, which already demands that public schools only portray homosexuality in a positive light and banned counselors from telling troubled youth they don't have to be gay, now is moving against pastors and other spiritual leaders.

They, apparently, are guilty of telling homosexuals and others that the Bible teaches something else.

The dispute was revealed by columnist and commentator Todd Starnes, who recently interviewed Dr. David Gibbs of the Christian Law Association.

He explained that churches and pastors are just trying to help LGBT people.

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But Assembly Concurrent Resolution 99, Starnes reported, calls on "counselors, pastors, religious workers, educators" and institutions with "great moral influence" to stop saying something is wrong with LGBT identities or sexual behavior.

"The proposed resolution also condemns attempts to change unwanted same-sex attraction or gender confusion as 'unethical,' 'harmful,' and leading to high rates of suicide," Starnes reported.

While it is just a non-binding resolution for now, Gibbs said that does not mean it will stay a resolution.

"What we find over and over again across America is that before they put a bill in and pass a law they frequently pass a resolution," he explained.

"They say there is a stigma associated with being LGBT that is often created by groups in society, including therapists and religious groups, and that stigma has caused disproportionately high rates of suicide, attempted suicide, and depression," Gibbs said.

"What they’re asking is that churches and religious groups change how they’re addressing this (lifestyle)."

Gibbs said, "We want to reach these people, but we believe that the scriptures absolutely take a stand on this issue, and we cannot change the stand that the Bible takes. They're trying to make it where absolutely the churches and religious groups are being held up as the problem why these LGBT community people feel like they do. Nothing could be further from the truth."

Gibbs explained, "They're saying in (the resolution) that the state has a compelling interest to protect this from happening, and that means that they would have the right to forbid that in the future in churches and other places. You can all but count on this wording showing up again when they pass a bill."

Lawmakers appear to be headed toward another constitutional violation.

"What Christians are doing is constitutionally protected, their religious beliefs are protected by the First Amendment, and they absolutely have the right to speak their faith and practice their faith," Gibbs said.