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Joel:
These scriptures may help.

Exodus 23:7-Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

1st Thessalonians 5:22-From everything wicked to perception, abstain.

James 1:27-Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, AND TO KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD.

Joel

Kat:

2Co 6:17  Therefore, "Get away from them and separate yourselves from them," declares the Lord, "and don't touch anything unclean. Then I will welcome you. (ISV)

I do not believe that it is showing superiority or a claim that we are perfect to not be present at an event/ceremony that is clearly condemned in the Scripture, such as homosexual wedding. When it says be "separate" then it's not okay to go along with something if you think you have good reason to. As a believer and a follower of Christ we have to put obeying Christ even before our families.

Mat 10:37  He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

Mercy, peace and love
Kat

John from Kentucky:
Another point comes to mind.

God alone decides what is right and wrong, good and evil.  God created mankind male and female.

Human beings can argue back and forth about homosexual marriage, as we have seen in recent years.

But God has the only judgment that matters.  God's judgment will decide this issue.

octoberose:
Jimi- you'll see if you read the prior thread  on this subject I was rather vocal. I know you mean well, but for the life of me I'll never understand people who know the Truth of God being so willing to subsitute worldly wisdom for Godly wisdom.  I just don't see the difference between condoning and  attending. You don't owe a website fellowship a reason or justification- but you wrote to ask for counsel and then scolded those who tried to give it. Jesus plainly told us what marriage is-  a man and his wife.  Is that judging? You bet my old Baptist hymnal it is.  There is plenty of judging in the Scripture.  We cannot judge a heart but we can judge actions and this action is plain to see. Least you think I'm heartless and clueless, this subject affects me closely.  I will probably lose all contact with a loved one if I refuse to attend a  'gay wedding. But my relatives are not my god as I have stated before and nothing has changed since I first said that.
 Some people in our group will be offended and upset by those of us who state this plainly. I wish I could prevent that but I cannot. I wish I could tell those who have same sex attraction that I am no better then you and I have compassion on you. I wish no harm on you and pray that God will have mercy on you in every way. That just doesn't change the Truth that those who walk in sexual sin are not walking with God. 
 Jimi you stated that your niece is a child of God. No, she is not. Not yet. She is a creation of God, but she lives in  willful disobedience and she is not His child. I feel pretty sure Ray talked about that specifically but perhaps someone else can find it for you.
 Love is not sweet and sentimental and placating. Love is - well,  the exact opposite of what the world around us is showing us.
 In the end, who do you serve?   Who do we all serve? We must decide every day.

Extol:
Jimi,

It sounds like your mind is already made up, but I will offer my opinion anyway:

As I said before in the thread Alex shared, there is a big difference between being friends/acquaintances (or in your case, loving uncle) with a homosexual person, and actively supporting/celebrating the person's homosexuality.

You're trying to make excuses for your niece's lifestyle by bringing up her past. Yes, her upbringing may have a lot to do with it. It's elementary to all of us here that we don't have free will and are products of our environments and circumstances. That doesn't excuse sin. If I invite you over to my house to celebrate my lust, will you say "Yeah I'll come support you. After all, you were born male so can't help it. You're a product of God's grace, He loves us all!"

No, there is not a married man here who has not had lustful thoughts--especially not me. But there also has not been a thread where one of us asked the others to come along on an excursion to the beach and spend the day lusting after women. Come show your support for my adultery, brothers!

You're getting sucked into the tolerance trap that Vicki talked about: It doesn't hurt anybody, they love each other, God loves them, we all are sinners, eventually God will change us all....It sounds like you have a really good relationship with your niece, and maybe you're afraid of losing that. There's nothing wrong with loving your niece, but do you love her more than you love God?

P.S. How in the world is it being a "good Samaritan" to your niece by attending her wedding?

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