Mark Bidwell, until last Sunday, was the “pastor” of the Metropolitan Community Church of Detroit, a “church” in Ferndale, Michigan which – according to the Detroit Free Press – is “tailored for gay, lesbian, transgender and transsexual worshipers.”

Why has Mark Bidwell resigned his position as pastor of the church? Why did the Ferndale Police Department relieve Bidwell of his position as a volunteer chaplain?

As reported by the Detroit Free Press, on September 20 the 52 year old pastor found a gay lover online and invited him to his home for sex. Later that same evening the two men invited another man to join them for sex. Imagine the media response if Bidwell were the straight pastor of an evangelical church in the same scenario. However, it isn’t the sex scandal that the media cares about in Bidwell’s case, because in the homosexual community, sex with multiple partners at the same time isn’t scandalous. It’s the routine.

What has shocked the media, as well as community leaders in Oakland County and Ferndale, is not the illicit sex with multiple partners. It’s that Bidwell’s sex partner dosed them both with Crystal Meth. Bidwell’s partner later died at Beaumont Hospital.  And even though Crystal Meth is an illegal substance, amazingly law enforcement authorities can find no reason to charge Bidwell with a crime.

Homosexual activists want you and me to believe that “gay partners” are just normal family-types who want to raise children and be good neighbors. That’s a lie. Mark Bidwell’s story is closer to the reality of the gay lifestyle. Your gay neighbors are not the modern version of Ward and June Clever. They are caught up in a lifestyle driven by sexual abberation that can only be overcome by the gospel. Mark Bidwell’s problem is your problem: sin. Therapy won’t solve this problem. It took the incarnation of the Son of God, His sinless life in perfect obedience to His Father’s will, and his penal, substitutionary death on the cross to overcome the power of sin and death.

Affirming the illicit behavior of gay men in the name of love and acceptance is the cruelest form of love. It’s dishonest. The tragic story of Mark Bidwell shouts that truth loud and clear.