For some it was just a news item. But for those of us who understand something of the battle for the souls of men, our hearts weep for South Africa. The Constitutional Court's ruling yesterday that gays and lesbians can jointly adopt children flies in the face of God's law. And there will be consequences. The fact that the two women who fought this through are judges tells us something about how far the "Pink Agenda" has gone in our beloved country. Some will tell us that the Constitutional Court was bound by the country's constitutional principles to come out with this verdict. Is that so? May be. Interesting though to see how some members of the Constitutional Court stand on the issue of homosexuality.

Back to the constitution. Some of us warned even when it was adopted that some interest groups would push this far. And further. What moral boundaries are there for a secular constitution? It's tragic to see how helpless many South Africans feel as they hear about these developments. Even more tragic is how most do not even grasp the magnitude of what has come upon us.

How significant that on the eve of September 11 the Constitutional Court ruling has crashed on the institution of the family as God intended it to be!

Another issue being decided in high places right now is prostitution. As it is, we have been re-educated to refer to them as "commercial sex workers." They might soon be getting their "constitutional rights" as well. Decriminalisation or full legalisation. The difference is only technical; the message to the public and future generations is the same. Is it hypocrisy or naivity that many of our leaders claim to be concerned about the moral decline in the country? What do such rulings make of efforts to rebuild the moral fibre of society? The Bible warns us, "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7)

If this is the kind of godlessness that South Africa plants today I shudder to think what the harvest will be.