What Do God Thk About Gay People? | The Center for Fah, Sexualy & Genr

Contents:

• 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
• I AM A CHRISTIAN AND MY GOD DO NOT APPROVE OF GAY MARRIAGE
• MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE RAILS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
• “7 BIBLE QUOT SUPPORTG GAY RELATNSHIPS”
• WHY J LOV LGBT PEOPLE AND GAY MARRIAGE DON'T EXIST
• WHAT DO GOD THK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
• 5 REASONS WHY HOMOSEXUALY & GAY MARRIAGE IS WRONG
• WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS

Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century. Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.

I AM A CHRISTIAN AND MY GOD DO NOT APPROVE OF GAY MARRIAGE

Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well. Matthew V is the thor of God and the Gay Christian and is the founr of The Reformatn Project, a Bible-based non-prof anizatn that seeks to reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty.

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. 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.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE RAILS AGAST GAY MARRIAGE

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. From Genis on, the Bible prais the marriage of a man and a woman, but speaks only negatively of homosexual behavr whenever is mentned. The New Ttament agre, listg “homosexual offenrs” among a list of people who “will not her the kgdom of God” unls they are cleansed through Christ (1 Corthians 6:9-11).

However, is important to note that the Bible speaks only of homosexual behavr (which would clu lt—choosg to fantasize about behavr), not unchosen feelgs. Pope Francis has cricised laws that crimalise homosexualy as "unjt, " sayg God lov all his children jt as they pots:The Uned Natns has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalisg homosexualyPope Francis' ments are the first uttered by a pope about such laws67 untri or jurisdictns crimalise nsensual same-sex sexual activyThe head of the Catholic Church also lled on Catholic bishops who support such laws to wele LGBTQ people to the church.

“7 BIBLE QUOT SUPPORTG GAY RELATNSHIPS”

Pope Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops some parts of the world supported laws that crimalise homosexualy or discrimate agast LGBTQ people, and he himself referred to the issue terms of "s" he attributed such attus to cultural backgrounds, and said bishops particular need to unrgo a procs of change to regnise the digny of everyone. "The bishops have to have a procs of nversn, " he said, addg that they should apply "tenrns, please, as God has for each one of " Francis' remarks, which were hailed by gay rights advot as a tone, are the first time a pope has mented about such laws. Experts say even where the laws are not enforced, they ntribute to harassment, stigmatisatn and vlence agast LGBTQ the US, more than a dozen stat still have anti-sodomy laws on the books, spe a 2003 Supreme Court lg clarg them rights advot say the antiquated laws are ed to jtify harassment, and pot to new legislatn, such as the "Don't say gay" law Florida, which forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra, as evince of ntued efforts to margalise LGBTQ Uned Natns has repeatedly lled for an end to laws crimalisg homosexualy outright, sayg they vlate rights to privacy and eedom om UN says they breach of untri' obligatns unr ternatnal law to protect the human rights of all people, regardls of their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

It mt do this, " he Francis quoted the Catechism of the Catholic Church sayg gay people mt be weled and rpected, and should not be margalised or discrimated agast. "We are all children of God, and God lov as we are and for the strength that each of fights for our digny, " Pope Francis pontiff's remarks e ahead of a trip to Ai, where such laws are mon, as they are the Middle date om Brish lonial tim or are spired by Islamic Catholic bishops have strongly upheld them as nsistent wh Vatin teachg, while others have lled for them to be overturned as a vlatn of basic human was no ditn that Pope Francis spoke out now bee his more nservative precsor, Pope Benedict XVI, recently issue had never been raised an terview, but Pope Francis willgly rpond, cg even the statistics about the number of untri where homosexualy is crimalised. (AP: L'Osservatore Romano)On Tuday, Francis said there need to be a distctn between a crime and a s wh regard to teachg holds that homosexual acts are sful, or "trsilly disorred", but that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect.

WHY J LOV LGBT PEOPLE AND GAY MARRIAGE DON'T EXIST

"It's also a s to lack chary wh one another, " he Francis has not changed the church's teachg, which has long riled gay he has ma reachg out to LGBTQ people a hallmark of his pope's ments didn't specifilly addrs transgenr or non-bary people, jt homosexualy, but advot of greater LGBTQ cln the Catholic Church hailed the pope's ments as a momento advance. " — when he was asked about a purportedly gay prit — Pope Francis has gone on to mister repeatedly and publicly to the gay and transgenr archbishop of Buenos Air, he favoured grantg legal protectns to same-sex upl as an alternative to endorsg gay marriage, which Catholic doctre forbids.

Dpe such outreach, Pope Francis was cricised by the Catholic gay muny for a 2021 cree om the Vatin's doctre office that said the church nnot bls same-sex. Beg clive of all people is re te of the Epispal Church and they began allowg same-sex marriage 2015, days after the Uned Stat Supreme Court legalized gay marriage.

Gary Click, R-Vickery, suggted a sermon four years ago at Fremont Baptist Church that homosexualy and trans people break away om God’s plan for fai. The Epispal Church’s General Conventn clared 1976 that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim wh all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern and re of the Church.

WHAT DO GOD THK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?

Growg up Newark, Oh the 1950s and 1960s, Gilligan said he didn’t know gay people who were out, so he had a hard time wrappg his md around beg a long-term mted relatnship.

But I cid to wre about homosexualy after SCOTUS's historic vote to legalize gay marriage, bee I thk the Christian view on the subject is wily misunrstood. And while I thk too many e the Lord's name to mistreat others, the real evangelil perspective on homosexualy has been 's try to clear up. God says what He the Bible is very clear on the matter of homosexualy: Male-wh-male and female-wh-female unns were never apart of God's plan for humany, and they don't please the very begng of the Old Ttament, God's view is explic.

5 REASONS WHY HOMOSEXUALY & GAY MARRIAGE IS WRONG

Somehow, that v speculatn that maybe J, the Son of God, didn't re so the Evangelil Prbyterian Church's teachg on homosexualy is quick to pot out, "J did not refer directly to homosexualy.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

We nnot throw out what the Old Ttament says bee 's more nvenient to new-age Jefferson unter-argu my claim his piece, "What Do The Bible Actually Say About Gay Marriage? Everythg He needs His children to know is still right there wh the although J never tght specifilly on homosexualy, the apostle Pl did. All ss hurt when this bate rag over Christiany and gay rights, advot and opponents seem to fet that 's not jt homosexualy that God has exprsed His disfavor toward — 's s general.

Whether we're Christian or Jewish, whe or black, men or women, gay or straight, He offers salvatn based on Christ's sacrifice and no other requirements. Pl wrote that God "wants everyone to be saved and unrstand the tth" (1 Timothy 2:4 NLT), and that's what Christian attus toward gay marriage and homosexualy should I believe that's what most Christians' attus toward gay rights really do try to reflect: God's love, the Bible's tth, and salvatn as the ultimate goal for all humany.