Same sex ‘marriage’ is a thinly disguised movement that’s sole purpose is to destroy the institution of marriage. I’ve been listening to the liberals rant for decades about how pointless and hypocritical the idea of spiritually sanctioned fidelity is. I heard and believed that they held nothing but contempt for the whole idea. Why now would they suddenly demand the right to become part of it?
You said — “Same sex ‘marriage’ is a thinly disguised movement that’s sole purpose is to destroy the institution of marriage. I’ve been listening to the liberals rant for decades about how pointless and hypocritical the idea of spiritually sanctioned fidelity is. I heard and believed that they held nothing but contempt for the whole idea. Why now would they suddenly demand the right to become part of it?”
That’s certainly right. It is a movement to destroy the institution of marriage. Note the *basis* of that institution.
Jesus said in Matthew 19:4-6
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’
5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Genesis 1:27-28
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
And from Genesis 2:23-24
23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
As for the condemnation of those who try to make it man with man and woman with woman, see Romans...
Romans 1:16-32
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature.
27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful;
32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
So, one man/one woman marriage was instituted at the very creation of the first man and the first woman in the world. Jesus affirmed this very thing by what He said to the people of His day, making it clear that this was “from the beginning” with the very first man and woman who existed in our world.
Of course, if one chooses to ignore God, what He has said in the Bible and to remove themselves (for a time) from His authority (and the authority of His word) — then what it says in Romans (above) applies. We can see what the Bible says about that.
It’s talking about those who have suppressed the truth of the word of God, although it’s well known to them that God has created this world (all that is seen, as it said). We can see that by suppressing the truth of the Word of God, it leads them to become fools — and also we see the starting point of homosexuality in this — very specifically and pointedly stated in the Bible.
Once one has abandoned the Word of God, which forms the *basis* for this one man/one woman marriage — then one cannot appeal to the Bible for any of the other morals for other some of these other things (spoken about in the article).
The alternative is evolution (versus creation by the direct hand of God of the first man and first woman, and as stated by Jesus). And with the means of evolution, we see that animals (of which we are part of, by viture of evolution) engage in sex indiscriminately, according to whatever desires they have, and as soon as they are physically able to do so and their hormones kick in. Thus, so it “should be” with humans, too — just another part of the animal kingdom (in the understanding of evolution, anyway...).
And there you have it...
Regards,
Star Traveler