Columnist Rick Lance tak a look at J' teachgs and how Christ would rpond to the current bate over gay marriage.
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31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT 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. J never said one word agast homosexualy.
Never once did J refer to what we ll homosexualy as a s.
FIRST-PERSON: THE GAY MARRIAGE BATE: HOW WOULD J RPOND?
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. In a 2012 article for Slate onle, Will Orem asked a provotive qutn: Was J a homophobe?