Having children first of all benefits a society in that it doesn't become extinct.
2 gays can not benefit a society by biological reproduction. it always takes an egg and a sperm.
I will say that looking at drug use, crime rates, longevity and most any other measure, children do better when raised by their mother and father both in their home.
Your societies example were bad and false examples.
Hitler ran Germany and not the society. You just gave examples of dictators which ignored the will of the people.
I take it you have zero reasearch to show the benefit of gay marriage?
Firstly by your logic, single and barren people are no benefit to society either!
Secondly, the second and third examples I gave are both events that happened right here in America! (And I can add, Jim Crow laws, and laws that discriminated against women in the previous centuries, all in America )
Anything that is outside the will of God harms society. And that includes divorce of heterosexual couples. Look what it does to the children and the family unit.
And I do believe God intended a child to have a father (male) and mother (female).
As Christians I feel we should support what God supports.
Good point. Homosexuals ain't the only ones hurting society.
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The sinful thoughts subdue,
Or they will take the reins themselves
And someday master you. --Anon.
The most deadly sins do not leap upon us, they creep up on us.
Firstly by your logic, single and barren people are no benefit to society either!
Secondly, the second and third examples I gave are both events that happened right here in America! (And I can add, Jim Crow laws, and laws that discriminated against women in the previous centuries, all in America )
There are many cases of barren and single people in the bible serving the Lord. My uncle ran a large mission in Africa with several single people.
There are no gays in the bible serving the Kingdom.
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Monogamy
Monogamy, meaning long-term sexual fidelity, is rare in GLB relationships, particularly among gay men. One study reported that 66 percent of gay couples reported sex outside the relationship within the first year, and nearly 90 percent if the relationship lasted five years.
But the question is... do we support it through codifying it into man made laws, or by living what we believe and teaching it in our churches, the radio, and television? We are called to teach and make desciples out of the lost, not rule over them. We are the salt of the earth... it's not our job to force them to be salt. Our existance and practice is what a society needs. Not more laws, expanded government powers over our private lives, and additional regulations on what we can believe religiously.
So, you don't believe that men and women should be married?
We "codify" that don't we?
What other behaviors would you not "codify"?
With all the energy, time, and money we put into the political machine to stop a bunch of gay people from doing what we disagree with... we could have evangelized half of America.
You used the word, "we", does that mean you believe the "political machine" is a Christian effort?
Anything that is outside the will of God harms society. And that includes divorce of heterosexual couples. Look what it does to the children and the family unit.
And I do believe God intended a child to have a father (male) and mother (female).
As Christians I feel we should support what God supports.
Sandie,
While that may be true from our perspective, we do not legislate righteousness and morality.
Do you think premarital sex, adultery, or perhaps lying and gossip should be outlawed? Those things are all against God's will and could potentially harm society (in the sense of harming relationships, at least), but that doesn't mean we should have laws against it.
I feel that God supports free will, and He has proven that from the very beginning.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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