The most divisive issue of our day is no longer
abortion. It is gay marriage.
According to the Bible a homosexual union in any form is a contradiction
to God’s original design in creation. So
even if you are in a “loving, monogamous relationship” with someone of the same
sex, it’s still a violation of God’s Word.
God’s design for is for a man and woman in the context
of marriage.
But some would say that regardless of where you might stand
morally on this issue, that gay marriage should be endorsed as a fundamental civil
right. Even further, that any pledge of
love and commitment between two people can only be a positive move, even if you
do not support the lifestyle.
Barney Frank, a gay congressman, once said, “I don’t understand
how it hurts anybody else if two people want to be legally responsible for each
other.”
Here’s how it hurts:
1. The legalization
of homosexual marriage will quickly erode any sense of the traditional family
in our culture. The words “husband” and “wife”
and “mother” and “father” will quickly lose their meaning.
2. It will open the
floodgates to increased redefinitions. Already
there are lawsuits being written to justify polygamy and many other
alternatives to one-man/one-woman unions.
This isn’t about civil rights. And it’s not simply about a loving
commitment. It’s about morality and the decay of society.
Marriage is defined by God, and is not open to reinterpretation
on the basis of our sexual desires.
All the more reason to stand firm on Biblical truth.
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