We know that the Bible clearly nmns homosexualy (Romans 1:25-26), but why? Why is homosexualy, and therefore gay marriage, evil God's ey acrdg to Scripture?
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.
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. 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.
SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE
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.
A gay or lbian orientatn is not a matter of choice but simply the way an dividual is. 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.
GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE
"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. Perhaps you believe that homosexual behavr is biblilly unacceptable.
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 threateng to crimalize homosexual behavr. The state is not gog to prohib those homosexual relatnships om mtg themselv to each other public ceremoni or relig celebratns.
WHY IS GAY MARRIAGE WRONG THE BIBLE?
The tablishment of gay “marriage” enshr law a flty view of marriage, one that says marriage is sentially a monstratn of mment sexually exprsed.
If Christians lose the cultural bate on homosexualy, we will lose much more than we thk. See Katy Fst’s strikg article, “Dear Jtice Kennedy: An Open Letter om the Child of a Lovg Gay Parent, ” which she matas that she is “one of many children wh gay parents who believe we should protect marriage” bee “the ernment’s tert marriage is about the children that only male-female relatnships n produce.
This analogy is taken om Voddie Bcham, “Gay Is Not the New Black, ” July 19, 2012, TGC,.