The Debate: The Bible and Gay Marriage

Contents:

• 31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE AND WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
• THE DEBATE: THE BIBLE AND GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE

31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

The Pew Rearch Center shared last year that the majory of people who approved of homosexual liftyl didn’t nsir relign important their daily liv. And holdg to God’s revealed tth His Word ncerng homosexualy is even more dangero, ” Becket Cook wrote his book, A Change of Affectn: A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Remptn.

“The nscienc of today’s Christians are beg rpted by the opprsive cultural i and the extreme social prsure surroundg the issue of homosexualy, but we know that the law of the Lord is wrten on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:31-33) and though we may succeed mutg our nscience, the Word of God is eternal, ” Cook said. 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.

GAY MARRIAGE AND WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT

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. William Loar has wrten several books on the matter and this Anglin llectn of says is also to homosexualy there are, at most, six passag of the Bible that are relevant.

THE DEBATE: THE BIBLE AND GAY MARRIAGE

This is where the terms "sodome" and "sodomy" origate, and has long been associated wh biblil nmnatn of male homosexual sex.

Dpe the lguistic history of the word "sodome", Genis 19 has nothg to say about homosexualy or mutually nsentg adults of the same genr exprsg their sire and of the laws of Levic (18:22 and 20:13) seem more pertent.

GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE

Y, this verse clearly nmns adultero homosexual sex llg an "abomatn" (to'ebah), but here are all the other thgs also lled an "abomatn" the Bible: Egyptians eatg wh Hebrews;havg an image of another god your hoe;sacrificg your child to the god Molech;havg sex wh your wife when she is menstatg;takg your wife's sister as a send wife; anatg likewise is wearg mixed-fabric clothg, terbreedg animals of different speci, tattoos, mockg the bld by puttg obstacl their way, and trimmg your beard. Pl is g a standard list of vic here to make a wir rhetoril some English translatns might clu "homosexualy" on this list, the translatn is not that simple, which is why var English words are ed (adulterer, immoral persons, prostut) Greek word malakoi 1 Corthians 6:9-10 means "soft" or "effemate" and ptur the Grae-Roman distaste at a man takg a "female" role. To translate as "homosexual" is problematic for two reasons: is unlikely Pl had any ncept of sexual orientatn and he was certaly not scribg a mted adult Romans 1:26-27, Pl nmns people swappg out their ual partner for one of the same genr.

In ntrast, the Bible ntas more than 2, 000 vers about money (and related issu of greed, wealth, loans, and property), and more than 100 specifilly on one's obligatn to re for other words, monorg and proscribg human (homo)sexual activy is not a particular ncern of the Bible when pared to the overarchg mand for jtice, enomic equaly, and the fair treatment of foreigners and strangers. and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is ntrary to sound teachg,. Even if I don’t agree wh , shouldn’t those who intify as gay and lbian still have the same eedom I have to get married?

The state is not gog to prohib those homosexual relatnships om mtg themselv to each other public ceremoni or relig celebratns.