TILL HEAVEN & EARTH SHALL PASS Chris discusses Matthew chapter 5 in light of recent events involving the persecution of Christians by the homosexual activists. A recent decision has come against the owners of an Oregon bakery, who may be forced to pay $150,000 in damages to a lesbian couple for refusing to make their wedding cake. The owners are a Christian couple who chose to obey their conscience toward God, rather than cooperate with openly immoral behavior. Despite the clear protections of the U.S. Constitution concerning freedom of religion, we are now told by the courts that special protection laws for Sodomites override the First Amendment. How should believers respond?