Needing some clickbait probably, The Federalist (a far-right conservative online magazine funded by right-wing billionaires) resorted to slagging America’s sweetheart and cultural icon, Dolly Parton. And their reasoning? She doesn’t hate on the gays as a good Christian is supposed to do, at least in their perverse worldview.
And who did they enlist for this thankless task (although probably well-compensated for her 703 words of shameless bigotry) but an Evangelical writer for World magazine and reporter for Christianity Today named Ericka Andersen.
Source: The Federalist
To be sure, the culture is on a constant witch hunt for those who would call homosexuality sinful. I understand wanting to avoid the avalanche of criticism, but calling sin out by name isn’t judgment. It’s adhering to Scripture.
Parton had no problem identifying another kind of sin, saying, “Judging [others] is just as bad as any other sin.” I guess she’s a “good enough” Christian to call that one out.
Furthermore, it’s illogical to avoid taking a stand on something simply because of imperfection or human nature. If this were the case, we couldn’t call anything wrong.
Like most people, I too love Parton. She’s fun, confident, beautiful, and still spunky at age 78. I appreciate that she refuses to condemn conservatives as so many Hollywood Democrats do, but according to Scripture, she is wrong on the issue of homosexuality.
She’s right that all should be treated with love and kindness, but when we refuse to label sin a sin, we’re doing more harm than good.
The gospel of Dolly Parton is popular with the masses, but don’t bank your eternity on it.
The absolute smugness of that last line, the holier-than-thou attitude tells you everything you need to know about Ericka Andersen.
Perhaps noticing a surge in unpleasant clapbacks in her timeline, Ericka Andersen would respond. UPDATE: Andersen has now locked her Twitter account so that only approved followers can see her tweets. Not really worth it, was it Ericka?
Ericka Andersen, Dolly would like a word.
