Gay Marriage: Theologil and Moral Arguments - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

arguments for gay marriage in the bible

What do the Bible say about gay marriage / same sex marriage? Why are Christians so opposed to the ia of gay marriage?

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WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

We already set the trajectory for this answer when we noted that all the biblil texts on homosexualy, both the OT and NT, are negative. Often the church’s rponse has been that human sign reveals the wrongns of homosexualy bee of childbearg. In the end he will judge —heterosexual or homosexual—for how we’ve lived the areas, regardls of our natnal laws.

While the Bible do addrs homosexualy, do not explicly mentn gay marriage/same-sex marriage. It is clear, however, that the Bible nmns homosexualy as an immoral and unnatural s. Levic 18:22 intifi homosexual sex as an abomatn, a ttable s.

THE MOST POPULAR BIBLE VERS FOR DEBATG GAY MARRIAGE

Romans 1:26–27 clar homosexual sir and actns to be “shameful” and “unnatural. ” First Corthians 6:9 stat that homosexuals are “wrongdoers” who will not her the kgdom of God.

SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE

Sce homosexualy is nmned the Bible, follows that homosexuals marryg is not God’s will and would be, fact, sful. History th argu agast gay marriage. So, psychology also argu agast gay marriage.

In this way, nature argu agast 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?

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

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. One way to supprs the tth is to normalize homosexualy and margalize those who oppose .

And a good way to normalize homosexualy is to place gay marriage/same-sex marriage on an equal plane wh tradnal, oppose-genr marriage. To sanctn gay marriage/same-sex marriage is to approve of the homosexual liftyle, which the Bible clearly and nsistently labels as sful. Christians should stand firmly agast the ia of gay marriage/same-sex marriage.

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.

31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

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Same Bible, Different Verdict On Gay Marriage : NPR .

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