{"id":24461,"date":"2022-08-22T19:39:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T23:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=24461"},"modified":"2022-08-22T22:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T02:14:59","slug":"mutzs-views-on-lgbtqia-gets-him-fired-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/mutzs-views-on-lgbtqia-gets-him-fired-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutz\u2019s views on LGBTQIA + get&#8217;s him fired again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Editorial<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"404\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mutz.jpg?resize=300%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mutz.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/mutz.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" \/><figcaption>Mayor Bill Mutz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Family Policy Council Board has fired Mayor Bill Mutz. This is the second Christian Organization that has removed Lakeland\u2019s Mayor Bill Mutz in the past few weeks because of Mutz\u2019s views on LGBTQIA +.<\/p>\n\n\n        <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-8d47007a6127698fe281812523d445a3\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content aligncenter ep-percentage-width   ep-content-protection-disabled\" data-embed-type=\"PDF\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lgbtq-pride-month-proclamation-city-of-lakeland.pdf\">\n            <div class=\"embedpress-inner-iframe emebedpress-unit-percent ep-doc-8d47007a6127698fe281812523d445a3\" style=\"max-width:600%\" id=\"embedpress-pdf-1661211462377\">\n                <div >\n                    <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\"><div class=\"position-right-wraper gutenberg-pdf-wraper\"><iframe title=\"lgbtq-pride-month-proclamation-city-of-lakeland\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-1661211462377\" style=\"width:600%;height:600px; max-width:100%; display: inline-block\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/embedpress\/assets\/pdf\/web\/viewer.html?&#038;file=https%3A%2F%2Flakelandgazette.info%2Fnews%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F08%2Flgbtq-pride-month-proclamation-city-of-lakeland.pdf#key=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\" frameborder=\"0\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\"><\/iframe> <\/div><\/div>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Christian School and Florida Family Policy Council both have removed Mutz from their collective boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mutz refuses to comment to the Lakeland Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Mutz said to the city commissioners, \u201cI respect the strong position with respect to the biblical view that you wanted to provide and I make no compromise and within that view, a Judeo Christian ethic or responsibilities, unconditionally to love and honor others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"202\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-6.png?resize=207%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24462\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jon Friedt, the pastor of&nbsp;Believers Fellowship Lakeland, told Mutz and the City commissioners at the June 2022 commissioners&#8217; meeting that \u201cthere are incredible risks associated with the LGBTQ practices,\u201d including greater risk of sexually transmitted disease and high rates of promiscuity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Armes, a priest at St. John the Evangelist Church, a Western Orthodox Christian church, also spoke to commissioners, saying there is one law in the universe \u2014 \u201cGod\u2019s law, called the moral law.\u201d He said God\u2019s design is for one man and one woman to be married and to bring children into the world conceived in that union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Family Policy Council, quote, \u201cReligious liberty around the country is being threatened by radical LGBT activists who will not stop until they force all Americans to approve, support, and celebrate their lifestyle. Christians now more than ever need to be aware of this important topic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland Christian School, quote, \u201cWe believe that God has established marriage as an exclusive relationship between one man and one woman and that all intimate sexual activity outside the marriage relationship, whether heterosexual, homosexual or otherwise, is immoral and therefore sin. (Gen. 2:24-25, Ex. 20:14, 17, 22:19, Lev. 18:22-23, 20:13, 15-16, Matt. 19:4-6, 9, Rom. 1:18-31, 1 Cor. 6:9-10, 15-20, 1 Tim. 1:8-11; Jude 7); We believe that God created the human race male and female and that all conduct with the intent to adopt a gender other than one\u2019s birth gender is immoral and therefore sin. (Gen. 1:27; Deut. 22:5)\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Florida Family Policy Council Board has fired Mayor Bill Mutz. 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