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Published by Byron Center Protestant Reformed
Evangelism Society
1999

1945 84th St.
Byron Center, Michigan 49315
(616) 878-1811
Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
The Prevailing View of Tolerance
An explanation of this view
What accounts for this view
Our evaluation of this view
An Examination of Pertinent Scripture Passages
Principles of scriptural interpretation
Passages which seem to support tolerance
Passages which command us to judge
Conclusion
A Positive Explanation of this Duty
What is judging?
What must we judge?
Whose duty is it to judge?
How must we judge?
What incentive do we have to judge?
The talk of the town of Byron Center, MI during the 1996-1997 school year was the music teacher in the local public high school who had "married" his homosexual lover. This "marriage" did not set well with the people of Byron Center; many of them thought such a man should not be teaching their children, and they success fully sought the teacher's dismissal. The attitude of these parents, in turn, brought upon the citizens of Byron Center the wrath of many in the broader community. Writing in the "Public Pulse" section of the Grand Rapids Press, many labeled the people of Byron Center as intolerant, judgmental, hypocritical, pompous, self righteous, arrogant, bigoted, mean spirited, and hateful. The message of the broader community to the townsfolk was clear: we must not sit in judgment over the actions and beliefs of others.