What do the Bible say about gay marriage / same sex marriage? Why are Christians so opposed to the ia of gay marriage?
Contents:
- WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
- 31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
- GOD'S WORD ON GAY "MARRIAGE"
- GAY MARRIAGE & GOD’S WORD
- GOD’S WORD AND GAY “MARRIAGE”
WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
* god's word on gay marriage *
There are few biblil vers that addrs homosexualy at all, and most of those are not directed at homosexualy per se. Opponents of same-sex marriage routely ce seven vers the Christian Bible as nmng homosexualy and llg a s.
But when taken ntext, the lsons speak not agast homosexualy self, but rather agast rape, child moltatn, btialy, and other practic that hurt others and promise a person’s relatnship wh God. Although opponents of same-sex marriage claim that lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr unns vlate biblil prcipl, no vers the Bible explicly addrs gay marriage or mted same-sex relatnships.
Sce homosexualy is nmned the Bible, follows that homosexuals marryg is not God’s will and would be, fact, sful.
31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * god's word on gay marriage *
Why are those who are opposed to gay marriage/same-sex marriage labeled as hateful people or tolerant bigots, no matter how rpectfully the opposn is prented?
Why is the gay rights movement so aggrsively phg for gay marriage/same-sex marriage when most people, relig and non-relig, are supportive of gay upl havg the same legal rights as married upl through some form of civil unn? The answer, acrdg to the Bible, is that everyone herently knows that homosexualy is immoral and unnatural. And a good way to normalize homosexualy is to place gay marriage/same-sex marriage on an equal plane wh tradnal, oppose-genr marriage.
GOD'S WORD ON GAY "MARRIAGE"
The gay agenda is steadily gag ground Wtern natns, wh same-sex marriage fdg acceptance. But what do the Bible say—and why? And what's at the root of same-sex attractn? * god's word on gay marriage *
To sanctn gay marriage/same-sex marriage is to approve of the homosexual liftyle, which the Bible clearly and nsistently labels as sful. Further, there are strong, logil arguments agast gay marriage/same-sex marriage om ntexts apart om the Bible. Gay marriage/same-sex marriage is a perversn of the stutn of marriage and an offense to the God who created marriage.
A mon argument for the acceptance of homosexualy and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not nmn the love of others. The world and maybe even our own sensivi might say that allowg others to live a homosexual relatnship is to see to their well-beg. If homosexualy rults a dishonorg, harmful separatn om God’s blsg, then the lovg thg to do is to stay away om .
GAY MARRIAGE & GOD’S WORD
Even if they agree wh the Bible that homosexualy is a s and rolve not to seek fulfillment of their sexual sir, they mt still fd love other relatnships—the self-sacrificg love of agape and the iendly pannship of phileo. Supreme Court's June cisn strikg down state laws banng homosexual acts between nsentg adults was the latt victory the cultural war between those advotg full acceptance of homosexualy public life and those opposed on var grounds. It followed cisns announced earlier the month om Bra that a law banng the promotn of homosexualy schools would be repealed and a stunng announcement om Canada that an Ontar appeals urt had led that refg same-sex upl the rights of marriage was discrimatory.
-based Epispalian Church shocked many of s members by approvg s first openly homosexual bishop and givg lol dc the optn of cidg whether to perform same-sex marriag. Before 1973 Amerin psychiatrists nsired same-sex attractn (homosexualy) as abnormal behavr and offered treatment acrdgly. In a span of 30 years, people practicg homosexual acts would go om beg nsired crimals by society to beg accepted, if not fully embraced, by much of the heterosexual muny.
The flt l are also spreadg throughout the Wtern relig world, wh major ternatnal church nomatns facg creasg divisn over this issue and that of the ordatn of homosexual clergy. There are no scriptural acunts of same-sex marriag, even though homosexual relatnships were mon and sometim enuraged the Gre-Roman world of early New Ttament tim (although an exclively homosexual orientatn was nsired an aberratn even that society, which unrstood the necsy of heterosexual marriage for the productn and raisg of children). Homosexualy, on the other hand, is a velopmental disorr that leads to actns and liftyl diametrilly oppose to the male-female sign.
GOD’S WORD AND GAY “MARRIAGE”
Consequently, as a rult of man's rejectn of God, men and women are experiencg an array of nfed or nflicted terpersonal relatnships—cludg homosexualy. Although homosexualy may feel "natural" to people who have same-sex attractn, fact reflects a yearng that God tend to be met wh the natural male-female fay ntext, wh parents providg the proper natural affectn and approval their children need. It is mon today for men who nsir themselv gay to say that they were born that way, but there is no nvcg evince for this.