What's The Word? The Bible On Gay Marriage : NPR

Contents:

• 31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE
• BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• THE MOST POPULAR BIBLE VERS FOR DEBATG GAY MARRIAGE
• THE BIBLE AND THE 'GAY MARRIAGE' QUTN (PART 1)
• WHAT'S THE WORD? THE BIBLE ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE

31 BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

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Gays. 1 more topics on Gay. But what do the Bible actually say about human sexualy and homosexualy particular?

SAME BIBLE, DIFFERENT VERDICT ON GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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.

BIBLE VERS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

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.

THE MOST POPULAR BIBLE VERS FOR DEBATG GAY MARRIAGE

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.

THE BIBLE AND THE 'GAY MARRIAGE' QUTN (PART 1)

At the heart of the claim that the Bible is clear "that homosexualy is forbidn by God" is poor biblil scholarship and a cultural bias read to the Bible. What Do The Bible Say About Homosexualy? Although s unlikely that the biblil thors had any notn of sexual orientatn (for example, the term homosexual wasn't even ed until the late 19th century) for many people of fah, the Bible is looked to for timels guidance on what means to honor God wh our liv; and this most certaly clus our sexualy.

” In askg, “What do the Bible say about homosexualy” (or more appropriately stated, “what do the Bible say about attractn to someone of the same sex, ”) our task is to explore what the relevant biblil passag on the topic meant their origal ntext and what they mean for today.

God and The Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships (Convergent Books, 2014)Jam V. While liberal Christians argue the Bible should be terpreted as society chang, nservativ argue for a more leral readg, leadg to differenc belief about God and homosexualy. Homosexualy: In Biblil Terms It's te, says Carmen Fowler LaBerge: You n be a Christian and support same-sex marriage, but, she says, "nobody n say gay marriage is biblil.

WHAT'S THE WORD? THE BIBLE ON GAY MARRIAGE

) after the nomatn voted last year to orda noncelibate gay clergy. Still, LaBerge says, om Levic to Pl's wrgs Romans and First Corthians, homosexual acts are lled vile and ttable, and legalizg same-sex relatnships do not change the s.

"J never said a sgle word about anythg even remotely nnected to homosexualy, " she says. Reactn In Black Church Homosexual behavr is a flt le spltg Christian nomatns two — Epispalians, Methodists, Prbyterians, Catholics — there's even a wi gulf between young and old Evangelils. Do that mean that homosexualy is a choice?

GAY MARRIAGE AND THE BIBLE

"That's not only related to the issue of homosexualy, but adultery, or fornitn or btialy. " Hagler not that there are plenty of blacks who are gay, and they, too, should have accs to the God-given stutn of marriage.

To him, legimizg marriage for mted gay upl is precisely what the Bible envisned. Bible vers related to Gay Marriage om the Kg Jam Versn (KJV) by Relevance -. Search the Kg Jam Versn (KJV) for more referenc about Gay Marriage...

Sce 2007, the topics of homosexualy, same-sex marriage, and gay marriage have received over 30, 000 vot across 940, 000 pageviews, providg a reasonably broad wdow to the passag that people–largely evangelil Christians–apply to the bate. For more on today's Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage, vis CT's Gleangs blog. There are few biblil vers that addrs homosexualy at all, and most of those are not directed at homosexualy per se.