'Gayest Congress in History': Equality Caucus Celebrates While Evangelicals Ask Where Their Vote Went

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The Congressional Equality Caucus posted on X this week that the 120th Congress "will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history." As reported by The Christian Post, the caucus was celebrating the election of openly LGBT candidates, all of them Democrats.

The Christian Post's headline counts 16 winners, while its report describes two senators and 15 House members, so the final tally is still being sorted out. Among them, Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire will join Sen. Tammy Baldwin as the second gay member of the Senate. The paper also reports that at least 11 candidates who identify as transgender or nonbinary won legislative races nationwide, citing the LGBT outlet Pride Source.

The post set off reaction from Christians online, many of whom blamed Evangelicals for staying home. CP reports the Evangelical share of the national vote fell from 23 percent in 2024 to 17 percent this year. Evangelist Sean Feucht wrote, "When Christians stay home on Election Day, evil doesn't take a day off." The paper also notes that critics warn the caucus's flagship bill, the Equality Act, would threaten religious liberty by erasing legal distinctions between male and female in public life.

A Bible Believing Response

I want to say this carefully, because the Bible is clear about sin and clear about love. God defines marriage and the family, and He has not changed His mind. "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness" (Isaiah 5:20). A caucus bragging about its numbers does not make sin less of a sin, and laws that erase the difference between male and female cut against the first chapter of the Bible: "male and female created he them" (Genesis 1:27).

But notice how the Bible tells Christians to respond. We do not hate people, and we do not despair. Paul listed sins of every kind to the church at Corinth, and then said, "And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Corinthians 6:11). The answer to this culture is the same one that changed those Corinthians: the gospel.

Is the answer to blame turnout? Partly. Voting is a stewardship, and Christians should pray for rulers and take part (1 Timothy 2:1-2). But a church that treats the ballot box as its main weapon has forgotten what Paul wrote: "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds" (2 Corinthians 10:4). "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God" (Psalm 20:7).

Pastors, preach on marriage, manhood and womanhood plainly, with compassion and without apology. Parents, teach your children the Scriptures at home (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). And when religious liberty is threatened, be ready to say with the apostles, "We ought to obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).

Source: The Christian Post.

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