Gay marraige from a non mainstream Christian point of veiw?

Question

Most Christians I know think that gay marraige shouldn't be legalized, but I think it should even though I am against it and here is why:I live in a beautiful free country where people are free to avoid or come to the truth in their own time. That means that as long as you aren't hurting anyone else then you are free to do as you choose and live in any way that you want. (life liberty and the pursuit of happiness). To me it seems heretical to dissalow the life style that these people want to live in when we proclaim freedom to the world.
It is the way God designed things, we are free to reject God if we want and go to Hell.
It is not effective fighting the legalization of anything because we want to win these people over to Christ and have them reject their old ways freely. If we stop this group from living the way that they want and have it be recognized by the government then we will just have a bunch of angry homosexuals. But if we show them love than some of them will be won

over to Christ. So here is my question:
Do you agree?

Many of you are answering with "How dare you compromise" But I have to say that it's none of my bussiness what non Christians do. As for the homsexuality will ruin marraige argument, don't you think that hetrosexuals have done a pretty good job of that any way?
I don't want to compromise church laws and I think the day that an honest pastor/preacher/whatever/ has to compromise their beleifs to satisfy a gay couple is an abomination.
If the church (that encompasses all denominations) has a problem then they should absolutely make some laws about who can marry in their church.
I just don't understand why Christians are making such a big deal over gay marraige and not making it legal, and not paying attention to adultery which is far more pressing and should be illegal.... in fact I think that I have another question.

Answer 1

I disagree in that you are deceiving yourself and others. Can you change the legality of marriage? Yes, most certainly. Can you change the truth of being "married" in the eyes of God. NO!

First, homosexuals changed the word from "homosexual" to gay. This is to deceive people about the truth. Now, you want to change the meaning of "marriage". Freedom's get taken away when people are irresponsible. Our nation, the most free country in the world, will lose it's freedom if it is abused. FREEDOM IS ONLY KEPT BY BEING RESPONSIBLE! God will take away our freedom's from us.

In 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 the Bible speaks about the coming of “The Wicked One” or the Anti-Christ. It refers that “deceit” will be used as his source of power and says:

3 Do not let anyone deceive you in any way.... 9 The Wicked One will come with the power of Satan 10 and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved. 11 And so God sends the power of error to work in them so that they believe what is false. (Emphasis added) 12 The result is that all who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in sin, will be condemned. (St. Jerome Catholic Study Bible)

So error (erroneous ideas) is what leads anyone and even whole societies into doing things they should or should not do. If Satan can not subdue a persons will into disobeying God, he resorts to trying to deceive a person into believing something that is false. Even Jesus Christ was tempted by Satan quoting scripture, but Jesus saw through Satan’s deceitful fallacies. How many times then has Satan used scripture to deceive others? Could “liberalism” be the edifice of deceit upon which Satan is imposing upon the world scene today?
On December 8, 1864, Pope Pius IX published The Syllabus of Errors. In short he was condemning “liberalism.” The popes' condemnation and concern about “liberalism” is a valid one. The following distinction about “liberalism” is made in a religious context:
Liberalism is the dogmatic affirmation of the absolute independence of the individual and of the social reason. Catholicity is the dogma of the absolute subjection of the individual and of the social order to the revealed law of God. (28)

In this context every person and society conforms themselves to God’s will or defies it. This statement is also saying that the Catholic Church is the only one true Church (see insert) of Christ. It is interesting that most people will acknowledge that Christ did institute His Church on earth and yet can not trace the divine authority as can be done in the Catholic Church. This is exactly what was done to prove Jesus was “Christ” in the Gospel of Matthew and Luke. If we are to free ourselves from Satan’s attitude, “I will not serve.” then we must do the will of God.

Answer 2

I am a Christian, and while I do not believe in Gay Marriage I do believe that homosexuals should be allowed to have some of the same rights as married couples. Like health care and taking care of each other in old age. Maybe even raising a child if one partner dies.

I still feel that homosexuality is a sin and I do not agree with it, but homosexuals are people too. People who have too answer to God on their own Judgment day. I am here to witness for my Lord. Not to Judge.

So I guess I think a civil union would be OK but I do not feel that a homosexual union should be called marriage.

Answer 3

The Source of Life is complete. Once the Lifeforce leaves the Source, it breaks down into what we understand as the
masculine and feminine. They are actually neutral forces. They just exist.
These two aspects meet on many levels to help create life.
Our spirits are composed of both these forces. But once in a material reality, there is a polarizing, (magnetic pulling effect),
that pulls masculine individuals in one direction, and feminine
individuals in the other.
These forces get complicated on the dense material level we
live on. As you know, there are masculine women, and
feminine men.
We are trying to find a balance in our spirits between the two
aspects of our spiritual reality. But we are doing it in external
ways. Dressing up, acting act, and through sexual experimentation.
This needs to be done within, by how we treat others. Sometimes one has to take control, And sometimes, one has to let someelse have the control.
We can never be anywhere near perfect. So we have to learn
to be flexible. Spirituality is, after all, learning to control the
aspects of the physical.

Answer 4

I disagree. There is nothing to prevent a gay couple from signing a contract similar to a marriage contract. They can include property ownership and whatever else they want. If they live together they can make sure they name each other as their beneficiary. It's no different that what non-married couples often do when they want to live together but aren't married.

Although there are many stable, long term gay relationships, statistics show that most gay people are more transient than heterosexuals. Most gay couples are far less likely to have the type of stable environment needed to raise children than heterosexual couples.

Children need both male and female parental role models - not gay men with exaggerated lisps and over-the-top effiminate gestures, nor gay women with tough guy, angry, don't mess with me, attitudes. You are also operating under the assumption that gays make the choice to be gay. Studies show that for most, it is not a remembered choice, but they believe they are born into it just like heterosexuals.

And as far as using the legalization of gay marriage as a method to coax them into your version of Christianity - it's not going to happen. Most Americans are opposed to holding a Constitutional Convention, which is what it would take to define marriage as a union between men and women on the constitutional level. Gays are no different than the rest of us when it comes to accepting or rejecting fanatical fundamentalist religious beliefs.

Answer 5

I absolutely do not agree....we as Christians are to stand and speak against all that is evil and unholy....this is something that God was adamant about....and you as a christian should never sit there and say we must compromise so they wont get angry and then life will be better for all.....that may sound nice to our human minds but to God it is a rebellious nation and rebellious people.....read the Word....we should never compromise what God has said so clearly we are to avoid.....I would rather make God happy than man....I'm surprised by some of the Christians responses.....I wonder how god feels about them too.

Answer 6

As far as marriage as a civil contract, anyone should be legally free to enter into a binding contract if they are able to make an informed adult decision to do so. Contracts are enforceable in civil court. Otherwise it's none of government's business. Marriage is not a sacrament. That is Jerome's mistranslation of "mysterium" as "sacramentum" in the Latin Vulgate creating a false notion in Catholicism that marriage is a means of grace, which it cannot be since the heathen had marriage long before there was a church or a Christian faith. Whatever your beliefs about creative intent regarding gender, those beliefs are not relevant to a civil partnership. We should be free to assign survivor benefits and power of attorney to make health decisions if we are disabled. Courts can already assign guardians whom we don't even know without our consent who can take our money and our property. Why should we not be able to make that designation ourselves simply because we select someone of the same gender with whom we have a sexual relationship? I say let the gays and lesbians suffer divorce, alimony and child support with the rest of us. That'll teach 'em.

Answer 7

------- Spirit Of The World --------------
Definition: "The impelling force that influences human society
made up of those who are not servants of Jehovah God,causing
such people to say and do things according to a characteristic
pattern. Although people act on individual preferences,those who
manifest the spirit of the world give evidence of certain basic
attitudes,ways of doing things,and aims in life that are common
to the preasent system of things of which satan is ruler and god".
"Subject yourselves,therefore,to God;but appose the devil,and he
will flee from you."James 4:7:

Answer 8

I agree...but I think most people are worried the definition of "marriage" will change. If the law will force my pastor to marry gay couples then I do not agree. We should both be free to choose.

Answer 9

That's at least shows you to be able to thing for your self. But if god thinks being gay is a sin why did he make sow many of us.
Tammi Dee

Answer 10

absolutely not. as a matter of fact im pretty sure Gods solution to that problem was total destruction.remember sodom and gamorrah? there is no need to let them influence my children over to their abominal ways