Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. (4) For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. Jude 3,4
Let me clearly state that I do not hate homosexuals and lesbians. In fact, I have friends and individuals in my extended family who practice this lifestyle. My motive for writing this blog is a love for people and a desire for them to know the truth.
I believe one of the greatest ways a person can express love is by telling the truth. Life has taught me to trust those who tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear. Sometimes truth is offensive, sometimes truth is uncomfortable, sometimes truth hurts and sometimes truth confronts our own desire and will. Although truth can be all these things, it is always better than a lie. If I truly love someone then I must demonstrate that love by speaking the truth to him or her. If I don’t speak the truth then I am a deceitful, disingenuous and disrespectful person. It takes courage to value truth more than popularity.
Here is the truth concerning gay marriage:
(1) Same sex marriage is defined as wicked and detestable behavior in the Bible. It will always be wrong because God says it is sinful. Although laws in a nation might change, God’s mind never will in regards to this issue. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.”
(2) Same sex marriage undercuts the idea that procreation is intrinsically connected to marriage.
(3) Same sex marriage undermines the idea that children need both a father and a mother, further weakening the societal norm that men should take responsibility for he children they beget.
(4) Same sex marriage corrodes marital norms of sexual fidelity, since gay marriage advocates and gay couples tend to downplay the importance of sexual fidelity in their definition of marriage. For instance, Judith Stacey, professor of sociology at New York University and a leading advocate of gay marriage, hopes that same-sex marriage will promote a “pluralistic expansion of the meaning, practice, and politics of family life in the United States” where “perhaps some might dare to question the dyadic limitations of Western marriage and seek some of the benefits of extended family life through small group marriages…”
(5) Same sex marriage has been legalized in societies or regions with low rates of marriage and/or fertility. For instance, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, and Massachusetts all have fertility rates well below the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman.
(6) Finally, same sex marriage further weakens marriage itself at the very moment when it needs to be strengthened in our nation.
Good job America by voting for what is right and true and best for our society as far as marriage is concerned. Our success as a nation depends on the strength and health of our marriages. A marriage between a man and a woman is the only union where sex is not a sin. These marriages are better for society, better for children and essential for procreation.
Don’t be deceived by the protests, media pundits, musical entertainers, cultural icons, and those who want to practice and legalize immoral sexual behavior. Gay marriage is not a civil rights issue—it is a moral issue.
What do you think about this issue?
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