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Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast
One might ask, "as American citizens, do we not have the right to bring a matter such as this to court"? To which I would answer: As American citizens, you ABSOLUTELY have the right to take this matter to court - just as you also have the right to practice Islam or Witchcraft or Satanism, or to use late-term abortions as a form of birth control, or to marry same sex partners or multiple partners (in a number of states, anyway), or to get divorced as often as you like, or to drink to the point of inebriation regularly.... Heck, there's a lot of things one can do as an American citizen... But seriously: citizens of Christs' Kingdom ought to know that they are held to higher standard.
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Excuse me, you are the one who was accusing me of bias?
The principle is relatively simple and straightforward, based on Paul's use of his Roman citizenship it is reasonable to say that we have the right to use our citizenship as well. The question is what do you do when you have two opposing principles? Paul said "is there no one that can judge between you? and "why not rather suffer loss?"
I think it is perfectly reasonable to conclude that "not suing a brother" trumps the principle of using your citizenship.
However, please note, it takes two to tango. If you wish to condemn LSM, and I am obviously on record doing so, then you should give the same judgement to the God Men, Inter Varsity, etc. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.