Gay Marriage and family

So here is the thing.
Homosexuals cannot get married!

Why do I say that?

Is it because I am a homophobe?

Maybe it is because I am a hate monger??

No the reason is a little simpler. The act of marriage, as we understand it, falls under a religious ceremony and that is that.

I can hear it now… “HUH?????????”

Marriage is a rite performed in the confines of religion. That is why there are VOWS even in a civil ceremony there are vows.

There is no religion I know of that allows for the possibility of two men to marry one another; and while some cultures have practiced this it is often also often linked with "legalized pedophilia" in history. (As far as I am aware… Show me otherwise if you can!)
Therefore there can be no such thing as a “gay marriage” without completely throwing away all the moral codes or values that we hold as a society.

We can look back and see a lot of people who were famous, and who were Homosexual. (Or pedophiles even) But we cannot find an instance of any reasonable God or gods or religion/s, which jumped up saying, “hey let’s let gays get hitched." (the Ancient Greeks did believe that Zeus would practice homosexual/pedophile love but Zeus was also "known" for cannibalism and incest.)

Interesting to note that these pedophile relationships were allowed by the child's/ren's family to bring prestige to the family. the pedophiles were usually wealthy or powerful and could bring good favor to the family/ies.

Even so most promiscuous societies in history still stopped short of the idea of marriage between two men (or two women.)
Think about India…
A very, VERY famous book came out of India, titled “the Kama Sutra.” This book is an instruction book on how to pleasure your partner. It even gives advice for how a eunuch could “pleasure” his master. But even that manual of “sexual delights” NEVER suggests that the men involved in these acts should marry one another.

Greece, we know, was O.K. with the concept of Homosexuality, it was permitted in Rome and to an extent it was even once encouraged (STRONGLY) by the authorities in China. But in all those cases it was also joined with the practice of sexual contact with minors. (In Greece the age allowed for sex was as low as seven.)

Let’s look at it another way

What do we get out of a marriage? Well what IS a marriage?
Marriage is when two people, a man and a woman, come together “in the sight of God” and vow to be true to each other “For better or for worse, in sickness and in health until death do [they] part.”
This is a promise made from one to another IN THE EYES OF GOD. Thus the phrase common to marriage, “what GOD has brought together let no man take apart.”
It isn’t just a vow, a promise between the two people, it is also a promise from, AND TO, God!
God promises to watch over the married couple, the couple promises to honor God in their marriage.

So Homosexuals cannot follow that pattern, God declares homosexuality to be sinful (Leviticus 18:22, 1Cor 5:9-12). The very act of living in a relationship like that is DIShonoring God. So there can be no covenant between God and the couple so there can be no marriage.*

There are those who want to claim that they are both Christian and gay. But that is unworkable. Paul tells us it is even bad for Christians to associate with people who claim to be Christians but practice sexual immorality, let alone anything MORE than that.

So how can someone FLAUNTING a God-disapproved lifestyle be bringing honor and glory to God?

Does this mean that everyone who is married is glorifying God?

NO.

God also Hates Divorce, Infidelity, premarital sex, EXTRA-marital sex, and so on…

Fortunately we all have a choice and if we choose to do so we can receive God’s forgiveness.

By repenting, following Jesus and trying to do what God has told us to do.

There is nothing hateful in that.
There is nothing wrong in that.

Marriage is where the family starts. With God’s blessing that marriage will result in children and that, hopefully, stable marriage will result in children who are capable and know they are loved.

It is a cornerstone of the family, the family is the cornerstone of society. Without strong role models from BOTH sexes in the relationship the child growing up will miss out on the possibilities they might need to succeed.

I am not trying to disparage anyone or their lifestyle choice per se. But these points I have made are incontrovertible facts.
These points have been proven time after time in study after study.
The child who grows up missing a role model of EITHER gender is facing a hardship that does not exist in the two-parent home. (Those parents’ being opposite genders).

A girl needs a dad to teach her that she deserves respect from men and that men can be chivalrous and decent, she needs her dad to show her men should show appropriate love.

She needs a mom to teach her how a woman can be strong and loving at the same time, respecting, and loving her husband.

A boy needs a mom to teach him that a woman is not an object to be walked on or scorned, but rather to be cherished and loved.
He needs a dad to teach him that the way a man shows his wife (woman) that love and respect is through his actions and care.

Both parents can teach a child about love and care, how to give it and how to receive it graciously.

But because men and women are so different, BOTH of the views and the way they differ, as well as the way they are alike, are needed.
I would never use a flat-head screwdriver to scrape paint, I would use a paint scraper.
And I would never use a paint scraper to turn a flat head screw.
But both those tools CAN be used in those ways.
Ultimately if used that way the tools or the, wall/ screw, they are used on can be damaged.

Same with a child.
And that is why I am against "Homosexual marriage".
Well that is my thoughts on this. Have a nice day.


*There are some misunderstandings about what parts of the Bible are necessary for us to read and what parts we should follow.

Here’s the thing. ALL of the Bible is good for our education therefore we ought to read ALL of it. We do not have to fear the punishments from the Old Testament though because Jesus came to “fulfil the law and the prophets”. But we are still to strive to live as “sinlessly” as we can. (See1 Cor 6:9-20, 1 Cor 9:20, Gal 3:10-13 and Gal 3:23-25 )
So to clarify, We ought to try to follow God’s word all the way through, but we don’t worry about being punished so much as long as we are trying to follow God.