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08-30-2010, 06:00 PM
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Gay Marriage: For or Against?
Gay marriage will eventually be legal in the United States.
As such, what should the church have to say about the issue?
How do you feel about the issue?
Do you believe a gay person should have a legal right to marry? If so, which do you think is most important, that person's individual liberty (rights as an American), or God's opposition to homosexuality?
Should the church remain silent on this issue, or should the church work the political system to preserve traditional marriage to the exclusion of gays.
Which should a Christian be most concerned with; protecting individual liberties or declaring Bible absolutes?
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08-30-2010, 06:07 PM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
I am for happy marriages, I am not for marriage between the same sex.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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08-30-2010, 06:08 PM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
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Originally Posted by Cindy
I am for happy marriages, I am not for marriage between the same sex.
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Why?
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I'm (sic) not cynical, I just haven't been around long enough to be Jedi mind-tricked by politics as usual. Alas, maybe in a few years I'll be beaten back into the herd. tstew
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08-30-2010, 06:12 PM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
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I believe God, He says it's an abomination. Can't get much plainer than that.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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11-16-2010, 09:09 AM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
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Originally Posted by Cindy
I believe God, He says it's an abomination. Can't get much plainer than that.
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When did God say that 'gay marriage' was an abomination?
I never read that.
I never even read that he hates gay marriage.
But I have read that He hates divorce between a man and a woman.
My understanding is a woman is not even to remarry if her first husband is still alive. But I dont hear too many Christians being horrified by the divorce and remarriage going on in the church.
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11-16-2010, 09:12 AM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
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Originally Posted by citizen
When did God say that 'gay marriage' was an abomination?
I never read that.
I never even read that he hates gay marriage.
But I have read that He hates divorce between a man and a woman.
My understanding is a woman is not even to remarry if her first husband is still alive. But I dont hear too many Christians being horrified by the divorce and remarriage going on in the church.
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Then maybe you're not listening.
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11-16-2010, 09:20 AM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
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Originally Posted by citizen
When did God say that 'gay marriage' was an abomination?
I never read that.
I never even read that he hates gay marriage.
But I have read that He hates divorce between a man and a woman.
My understanding is a woman is not even to remarry if her first husband is still alive. But I dont hear too many Christians being horrified by the divorce and remarriage going on in the church.
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I wasn't referring to gay marriage, but the practice of homosexuality. Do not confuse the two.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
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08-30-2010, 06:13 PM
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My Family!
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
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Originally Posted by Cindy
I am for happy marriages, I am not for marriage between the same sex.
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Originally Posted by Charnock
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Because happy marriages are healthy!
Because the Good Book gives us direction.
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08-30-2010, 06:45 PM
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Jesus is the only Lord God
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
1 Cor 6 (NKJV)
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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...Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ...(Acts 20:21)
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08-30-2010, 07:59 PM
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Re: Gay Marriage: For or Against?
Now we have statistics that tell us gays don't want marriage. apparently they do want weddings. The average gay marriage breaks up in less than 2 years. That broken marriage has on the average, 8 sexual encounters for each person outside the marriage in those 2 years.
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