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

Contents:

• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?
• GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
• MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT
• WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?
• MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed.

WHERE SHOULD WE, AS CHRISTIANS, STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE?

) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church. Frank Schaefer, a Methodist pastor who had performed a same-sex marriage ceremony for his gay son. Schaefer’s se has spl the church, wh some clergy floutg the l and marryg same-sex upl and other, more nservative members threateng to leave if the church do not hold to s current l prohibg gay marriage.

Overall, a solid majory of whe male Prottants (62%) now favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, wh jt 33% opposed, acrdg to a 2015 Pew Rearch Center survey.

A siar share (63%) say there is “no nflict” between their relig beliefs and homosexualy.

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

A Christian n e at the issue of gay marriage om several different directns. To a person—Christian or not—who is an tegral, lovg part of the world, gay marriage almost mak sense. This is the dilemma for some Christians regardg gay marriage: do we agree wh what God says or follow the wisdom of the world?

The passage relat to the issue of gay marriage on two levels. The wisdom and logic of the world may very well dite that gay marriage is a basic right.

But no one who is learned the Bible n hontly say that the Bible supports homosexual relatnships. The passage also shows how gay marriage relat to the cross. Many Christians, particularly those who are theologilly and/or polilly nservative, are not encumbered wh sympathetic feelgs regardg homosexual behavr.

MORMON CHURCH BACKS U.S. MEASURE TO PROTECT GAY MARRIAGE

Gay marriage has been accepted by many untri, and that acceptance is likely to spread. The agenda to normalize homosexualy by legally regnizg same-sex marriage is well on s way.

Homosexualy is a rult of the rejectn of God (Romans 1:21-25).

Gay marriage is the stutnalizatn of the rejectn of God.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS COULD REMOVE IT NEXT YEAR

Perhaps gay marriage do herald the end of the world, but that's what we've been lookg forward to, anyway (Revelatn 22:20). Pray for those ught homosexualy. The Bible teach how Christians should rpond to gay marriage.

Is homosexualy a s?

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

Patrick's Semary, offered the remarks as part of a panel on Gay Marriage held Jan. Social nservativ are not only ncerned about marriage, but also the rise of a gay and lbian culture.

Statistics suggt, however, that gays and lbians are not creasg number, if we accept the bt rearch data of Edward Lmann, who puts the number at about 5% of the populatn1. What has grown is a much greater acceptance of gays and lbians our culture, as well as the social and enomic eedom for gays and lbians to emerge om the closet that has nfed them for so many generatns. The recent addn of same sex mment ceremoni the Sunday New York Tim weddg and engagement announcements and the populary of shows as "Will and Grace" and "Queer Eye…" dite a shift our culture's attu toward gays and lbians.

RSIAN NSTUTN CHANGE ENDS HOP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

In every class, for the past 20 odd years, I have ved a gay former stunt, Lee FzGerald, to speak on gay relatnships. My tent was two-fold: first to ve stunts to dialogue wh people different om themselv; send, to work to elimate, whatever small way I uld, homophobic attus on our mp and our muny.

The attus of Santa Clara stunts have evolved signifintly the last two s vis à vis gay and lbian relatnships. My purpose today is not to support or fend gay and lbian marriag—ed, many gays and lbians do not want to marry—but simply suggt a theologil approach that might open up the possibily for greater Christian acceptance of, and eccliastil approval for, same sex unns. This is jt as te if the person is gay, lbian, or straight.

TEXAS JUDGE WHO DON’T WANT TO PERFORM GAY MARRIAGE CEREMONI HOP WEB SIGNER’S SUPREME COURT SE HELPS HER FIGHT

A gay or lbian orientatn is not a matter of choice but simply the way an dividual is.

WILL CHURCH BE FORCED TO CONDUCT GAY WEDDGS?

A person is born gay and lbian and grows up this way; is not a matter of cisn, one possibily among others for the mature dividual. G., Anglinism: re of blsg New Wtmster, Canada; nsecratn of Gene Robson as an openly gay bishop.

"Consiratns Regardg Proposals to Give Legal Regnn to Unns Between Homosexual Persons" (CDF): nnot promote any form of civil regnn of same-sex unns, formally or materially.

Catholic sistence: one n uphold the digny of homosexual people while not upholdg their right-to-marry; no unjt discrimatn towards homosexuals is acceptable; they mt be treated wh rpect, and their rights fend.

MOSW CY HALL BANS GAY LGBT PARA FOR 14TH YEAR A ROW

Nov 15 (Rters) - The Church of J Christ of Latter-day Sats said on Tuday supports proposed feral legislatn tend to protect gay-marriage rights, as long as also protects the right of relig groups to believe such unns are agast God's Utah-based church said a statement posted on s webse s doctre related to marriage - that God mand be between a man and a woman - would rema the church said would support the legislatn after a bipartisan group of senators negotiated an amendment to the versn passed by the U. Supreme Court do not end gay marriage rights, which nservative Jtice Clarence Thomas med was possible when the urt June end the natnal right to abortn by overturng Roe vs. | Getty ImagThe four ndidat for bishop of an Epispal Church dce that recently garnered headl for refg to bls same-sex marriag have dited that they will allow the Epispal Dce of Albany has been whout a bishop sce the rignatn 2021 of William Love, who had issued an open letter 2020 refg to enforce a nomatnal le requirg all dc to allow for the blsg of gay marriag.

”Ward wrote that he believ the issue of gay marriage is “tly plited” and that he rpects all sis on the issue, addg that if elected bishop, “honorg theologil diversy would be a prry. ”“Seekg rolutn and a mutual path forward would volve a basic mment to rpectg the digny of every person, affordg genero pastoral attentn to every voice, and seekg Holy mon ground on nonilly sound footg, ” Ward July 2018, the Epispal Church General Conventn passed Rolutn B012, which required all dc to bls same-sex unns, removg earlier provisns that allowed several dc to prohib such measur, due to them beg nflict wh the biblil standard of B012 allowed clergy to refe to perform gay weddgs, required bishops who oppose them to let another bishop provi pastoral support for the same-sex uple and to provi a prit to perform the November 2018, Albany Bishop Love released an open letter statg that he refed to enforce the rolutn his dce. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.