Why is Gay Marriage Wrong the Bible |

Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
• SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE
• WHY IS GAY MARRIAGE WRONG THE BIBLE?

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

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.

SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. In every class, for the past 20 odd years, I have ved a gay former stunt, Lee FzGerald, to speak on gay relatnships.

GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE

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.

WHY IS GAY MARRIAGE WRONG THE BIBLE?

This is jt as te if the person is gay, lbian, or straight.

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