Minister set to lose realtor license for ‘offensive’ Bible references
A Virginia minister who works as a realtor stands to lose his license for a 2015 Facebook post in which he referenced the Biblical prohibition against homosexuality.
Wilson Fauber is a pastor at Arise International Ministries in Staunton, Virginia, where he also acts as a realtor. However, Fauber’s 44-year real estate career is now in jeopardy after a decade-old post was unearthed and brought to the attention of the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR). The post read:
Sexual immorality has swept our nation yet the Bible is VERY CLEAR about our bodies. The Bible is VERY CLEAR what sin is...adultery, fornication - for those unfamiliar with this term - it means having sex outside of the marriage covenant - which should be between a MAN and a WOMAN. The Bible is CLEAR that homosexuality - an attraction to the same sex, having sexual relations with the same sex - IS AN ABOMINATON TO GOD. IT IS SIN, AND SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD. For the past fifty years, America has undergone what is known as the “sexual revolution” that has “heightened” our awareness of sexuality and “enlightened” us. In the Bible we read about another society, another culture who also went through a sexual awakening. They were known as Sodom and Gomorrah (it is easy to see where the name sodomy originated). The United States has been, and continues to be, a nation, a culture, under attack by Satan, and his powerful army of demons. Yes, demons are real, and they have power.The powers of darkness have a plan, and that plan is to KILL, STEAL, and DESTROY the United States. Millions upon millions of Americas, (like untold numbers around the world) have WILLINGLY accepted these lies and are WILLING PARTICIPANTS in what the Bible - THE WORD OF GOD - calls perversion - and sin. Pastors and protestant churches across our wonderful nation have folded under pressure and succumbed to deceit in allowing homosexuals, lesbians, and others which the Word of God denounces, to become members, leaders and even become licensed and ordained pastors and “ministers of The Gospel.” It is time true Christians must wake up, sound their voices for the TRUTH, and cast their ballots in the voting booth EVERY election. Christians need to regularly pray, intercede and petition our Lord for an outpouring of God to change our nation and TRULY SERVE HIM! God has a wonderful plan for America and every person. His power is greater than Satan, and his demons. Jesus Christ can set ANYPERSON FREE FROM homosexuality, lesbianism, fornication, and EVERY sin that enslaves mankind.
‘Prosecuted for their faith’
The post was written five years before the National Association of Realtors (NAR), America’s largest trade association, changed its Code of Ethics to prohibit realtors from using "harassing speech, hate speech, epithets, or slurs" related to "race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity."
According to The Christian Post, Fauber’s social media post was uncovered by two of his realtor colleagues last year when he ran for Staunton City Council. The two realtors, one of whom is reportedly "openly gay," filed a complaint with the VAR.
Last week, the VAR decided the post was “hate speech” and found Fauber guilty of violating the NAR’s Code of Ethics, which could cost the minister his license and livelihood.
“In 44 years as a realtor, I have loved and served all people,” Fauber said in a statement Thursday. “Regularly, I hear from other faith-based realtors that live in fear of being similarly prosecuted for their faith, and potentially losing their livelihoods, if they don't hide their faith well enough."
Fauber, who is being represented by the Founding Freedoms Law Center (FFLC), plans to appeal the decision.
