against or for same sex marriage...?

Question

i really don't know what to believe. i am a christian, and i do follow the bible. but i don't know if i should be for or against gay marriage. the bible teaches that a marriage should be between a man and women. but the bible also teaches to love your neighbor as yourself. and understanding and acceptence comes with love. i truely couldnt find it in myself to be against gay people, but i do want to follow God. any thoughts on this?

no, for me the bible is a reason. but the bible, for me, gives to different point of views. i do follow the bible. i just don't know what to believe

Answer 1

Let em do what they want. It is God who judges, not you; that is biblical. I don't agree with it, but I don't care either; there are plenty of things that none of us do right. Just let it alone until eternity. God lets people choose to love Him or not, and He lets them choose what they will do in this life; he really doesn't intervene much. So don't try and intervene either, or worry about such questions or issues that clearly will just bring you stress and make you miss out on life. Ignore what you don't agree with, unless they mess with you personally. If you really feel badly for someone, pray for them in secret (don't make a spectacle). That's all I have to say.

Answer 2

The Bible is very clear about how the Christian God views homosexuality, so God's opinion would have to be the same on the subject of gay marriage.

The Bible teaches you to love your neighbour, but that doesn't mean you have to love what they do. You can treat someone with love, respect and kindness, but disagree with what they do.

Case in point being a parent who still loves their child, even after the child is convicted of criminal activity. They hate what their child is doing, but they still love the person.

What I'm saying is that the Bible isn't telling you to love your neighbour and therefore take on the "anything goes" attitude. Rather it's telling you to love your neighbour, give them a hand if they need help, be kind and generous towards them. But you do not have to accept what they do if it is immoral, and if asked about it you can tell them you disagree with their lifestyle.

However, if you yourself don't see a problem with it but just act like you disagree with it because the Bible tells you to, you'd only be fooling yourself.

Answer 3

OK I understand your confusion but you have taken two principles from the bible and crossed them. God does not agree with homosexuality with or without marriage. Yes you should love they neighbor but that does not mean you love what they do or the lifestyle they choose. Same if you met a drug abuser. You know that God does not approve so would you wonder if drugs should be legal? Would you hate or judge this person? NO you would love them as one of God's children but you would not love their lifestyle. Also, you would limit your exposure to this person. Witness with love but do not befriend to be influenced! The problem with "Christians" is they get too caught up in RIGHT and WRONG and forget that God has laid it out for us and he is the ultimate judge. We are here to love and witness and leave the rest up to him.

Answer 4

For. --Personally, I believe that being homosexual is not a choice, it is the way that you're born. I think that if it were a choice, there would be very few gay people. It cannot be easy. That's just my opinion. Also, I am a Christian. Not the bible-thumping hateful kind though. I believe that God made everyone, and that God doesn't make mistakes. Additionally, I think that for the purpose of this question, marriage is a legal term. Marriage usually entitles you to things like your spouse's heath benefits and in the event of death, your spouse is (unless specifically excluded in a will) your next of kin and executor of estate. I think it's wrong that gay couples can be excluded from those things based on their sex. I feel very passionately about this, and could go on forever, but I won't... and by the way I'm straight and happily married.

Answer 5

For. There is absolutely no reason to deny two men or two women the opportunity to get married. Some people act like allowing gay marriage would be a mockery to the institution of marriage, as if all those heterosexual couples who marry and divorce over and over again like it's going out of style is okay. Give me a break. Straight people have mocked the institution of marriage enough, maybe allowing same-sex marriage will send us in the right direction. Besides, I don't see why anyone cares what other people do. Is it really going to have an affect on your life if gay couples get married? I seriously doubt it. If you think about, it's just like when women weren't allowed to vote or when black people weren't allowed to go to the same schools as white people. I'm confident that the outlook on gay marriage will eventually change, just as the outlook on these things did. Am I putting too much faith in my country? I hope not.

Answer 6

I understand this completely. I have always been pro gay marriage and a born again Christian. Ive never changed my Christian view on homosexuality, however, I have felt out of sync with alot of my brethren on this issue. I dont believe we as Christians should be using our religious beliefs to stop a secular state from providing equal rights for all.

Marriage is religious in nature and not a secular term. We should all have civil unions (hetero, homo, everyone) and if a Christian or other religious person decides they would like a religious marriage on top of the civil union, then thats great. I cannot see why we shouldnt do this (unions for everyone). The state could care less who marries you; it could be by anyone ordained (religious or not) or a justice of the peace. Lets keep separation of Church/State, let the religious get ceremonies if they choose, the homosexuals can have equal rights, and more revenue for the county. All is good! Gods peace to you :-)

Answer 7

yes, the Bible does say to love your neighbor as yourself, and we should love all people. but that doesn't mean that we should be for gay marrige. i'm personally against it. just because somebody has a point of veiw out there doesn't mean we have to accept it and go along with it. i will use the humane society for an example. we need to love the people involved in it, and i do, but that doesn't mean i have to accept that what they are saying is true, or needs taken action upon. do you know what i'm saying? so basically, we need to love gays, but we don't need to accept that gay marrige is ok just because we love the gays.

Answer 8

It's all about being for God, not for sex but if love happens to same the same sex we need to ask if the moral of marriage for children is correct. It is a tenant that marriage and chastity are for the procreation of children, this does not mean that sex is not to be enjoyed, on the contrary it leads the couple to true love, not bodily pleasure of the orgasm but the whole religious/spiritual Essenes of loving God's creation, us.

Answer 9

read
Rom 1:27-30
27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

28Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

Answer 10

For same sex marriage. Since the bible also teaches us to love one another, no matter what their beliefs are.