In 2016, Chris Gordon published an article entitled “What The Gay Pride Movement Should Know About God’s Rainbow.” It was reposted in 2023 here.

“With the redefining of the marriage institution and the rainbow as the adopted sign of accepted homosexuality, what we have are humans now turning the rainbow upward in rage against the Lord who intended this to be a sign of his goodness and forbearance in leading all men to repentance (see Romans 2). Think of the tragedy that has transpired before us. Humanity in attempting to justify homosexual behavior against God’s own creation design, turns the rainbow–the sign of God’s forbearance and patience—upward to shoot at him.

. . . So those who have adopted the sign of the rainbow as a sign of accepted homosexuality should understand what they are saying to the Lord.  They have taken a sign that God gave in kindness and mercy to not flood the world again in judgment, and used it to turn that warbow back in judgment upon him and in hatred for who he is.  Think of it, standing under the rainbow and using it to justify homosexual marriage, is to say to the LORD: “we will not have you to rule over us, instead will define our lives, how we will live, who we will be, and the outcome of our choices shall be ours.” In this way, they have used his sign of forbearance, favor, and kindness to hate him.  Let it be clearly stated:  Love has not won, but rather hatred of God has prevailed . . .

. . . A true Christian weeps over such a position that people have taken against the Lord and against his anointed. We say: “Don’t do it.”  We plead with you, we love you; turn to the Lord because we know the outcome of such a stance against him.  “Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.”  With Jesus there is forgiveness and peace. But as Christians watch what is unfolding before us, we grieve in spirit knowing what God has said will be the end of all who do not obey the gospel.“

The First Baptist Church of Jacksonville warned here,

“. . . the LGBTQ+ movement has attempted to steal from God himself, one of the most significant demonstrations of redemptive love in the Bible. When most people in our culture see a rainbow, they do not think of God’s patient determination to extend salvation to a sinful humanity but instead recognize a symbol of destructive sexuality . . . The rainbow is God’s. He is going to take it back. The truth is, he really never lost it. It is our job to point a confused culture to the God who calls them to find sexual purity in Christ alone. It is our job to help them find the path of humility that leads away from pride and towards the right side of history surrounded by rainbows of redemption in a world where Christ is King.”

In 2025, Kody Cooper eloquently and brilliantly wrote here,

“Pride’s use of the rainbow as a symbol of its vision of love is therefore nothing less than attempted robbery, perversion, and mockery of God’s bow. It is long past due for the true meaning of the rainbow to be recovered . . . God’s eternal beauty is attested to by the uniquely sublime phenomenon . . . Every time we see God’s bow, we are reminded of the impossibility of saving ourselves and of our need to rely on the generous gift of his Son as the light of the world, his Church, and the instruments of grace it administers, by which he brings us to our rest. Let us reclaim the rainbow in the name of him to whose existence, goodness, justice, truth, providence, and beauty it attests. Let us reclaim the rainbow in the name of God of love who gives the gift of hope.”

After the great flood, God revealed the spectacular phenomenon of the rainbow. In Genesis 9:13 God said to Noah, “I have set my rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.” Homosexuals who publicly flaunt their lifestyle with the rainbow are figuratively and literally playing with fire by co-opting God’s symbol of grace. But God’s grace and forgiveness are still available – until the fearsome day when God’s patience will finally expire. At that point, the die is irrevocably cast. Christians who are confronted with the LGBTQ rainbow should view it as an opportunity to lovingly educate them on the true origin and meaning of the rainbow, and use God’s Bow to share the good news of the gospel.