NC Family Staff | June 6, 2024 | SHARE: 
“Pride Month” has arrived, and with it, American society is being inundated with rainbow flags, flamboyant celebrations, and specific agendas associated with it. Stores are full of items celebrating LGBTQ culture, libraries have displays featuring LGBTQ books, and even the video game Call of Duty is jumping on board with, “Weapon Camo variants, each representing the colors of the different LGBTQ+ flags.” With Pride Month and its messaging featured prominently at every turn, it is important to make sure that we respond in a Christian manner. Here are three things Christians can do in response to Pride Month this year.
Last year, Target received extreme backlash to their Pride Month displays and products, and as a result, they have opted to scale back this year. While they are still clearly in support of the LGBTQ agenda, it’s not quite as in-your-face as it was last year. While it is next to impossible to avoid every single brand that openly supports the LGBTQ agenda, it is important to be aware of which brands we are supporting with our money. Here’s a link to some of the most well-known brands that are going all out for Pride Month this year.
While it is not necessarily essential to avoid brands and platforms that openly support Pride Month and/or the LGBTQ agenda, it is important that we are aware of what we’re consuming and what businesses we are supporting. Much like Target is backing down from its Pride displays this year, if people speak out against Pride celebrations or simply choose not to participate, organizations just might change their tune.
Catholic Vote has assembled a resource with steps to take at your local library in response to Pride displays and events.
Pride Month can raise a lot of questions about gender and sexuality, and it is important to proactively address these topics with your children in an age-appropriate way. Here are a few resources to give you an idea of where to start:
With the increasing presence of Pride Month at every turn, it can be challenging to show Christ’s love to others, especially when individuals and groups post things like, “Wishing all the homophobes and transphobes a super uncomfortable month!”
But as Katy Faust, founder and president of Them Before Us, eloquently reminds us, “You can both love people that disagree with you and hold fast to what the Bible says about sex and marriage. In fact, I would say if you’re a Biblical Christian, you don’t get to choose, you have to do both.” It is critical that we continue to pray for our state and nation, persist in showing love to those around us, and hold fast to the Bible’s teachings on sex and marriage.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” ~ 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
