Protecting the sanctity of marriage

Equal rights for African-Americans would NEVER have been approved by the majority of voters in the 60s, but now most everyone agrees that all men and women deserve equal rights.
Why do equal right for gays have to be subject to the approval of the majority of voters? Equal rights should not be something the majority of approves of. All citizens deserve equal rights, regardless of majority opinion. And the courts have ruled that marriage is a basic human right. Why do we have to have this debate?

Please forgive my delay in response to inquiries. Leviticus 18:22 states, "You shall not lie with a male as with a female; it is an abomination." Leviticus 20:13 completes this reference by adding the punishment: "If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death , their blood is upon them."
What is an abomination? Leviticus 20:25-26 gives us that definition: " You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not bring abomination on yourselves by animal or by bird or by anything which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean. You shall be holy to me; for I am holy, and have separated you from peoples to be mine."
Evidently "abominable" is just another word for "unclean." It was simply a violation of the purity rules that governed Israelite society. They could not eat lobster, pigs, shrimp, or camels, for they were thought to be unclean.

The purity code of Leviticus continues in the next chapter: "Keep my statutes: do not breed any of your domestic animals with others of a different species; do not sow a field of yours with two different kinds of seed; and do not put on a garment woven with two different kinds of thread."

Leviticus 19:27: " Do not clip your hair at the temples, nor trim the edges of your beard."

(excerpts from the New American Bible)

All of the evidence points to the same conclusion. An analysis of the Holiness code and its cultural context shows that Leviticus forbids male homogenital acts because of their religious and cultural implications. Leviticus makes no statement about the morality of homogenital acts as such. This was evidently not a concern.
I was entertained recently to read about a minister who is against same-gender marriage because the couples will be allowed to raise children, and we know that the only children raised by gays and lesbians turn out to be gay or lesbian!! By this reasoning children raised by opposite-gender couples would all be straight!!

Be well.

Yeah, i'm going to yell and scream about why homofaggats can't get married. Who cares, you do what you want with this filthy world.

Wow, this post has went from Gay Marriage to AIDS. I'm not sure what they have in common as AIDS is not a gay virus. It's a virus that doesn't care if you're gay or non-gay, rich or poor, what your race is, or what your religion is. I think the people who want to blame AIDS on gays need to check out places like Africa. AIDS effects mostly non-gay people there. It has been that way for many years. Now for those who want to debate the bible I challenge you to read a couple of books. "The Sins of the Scriptures-" by John Shelby Spong and "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" by Bart D Ehrman. Both are written by respected theologians. I am a gay Christian man. I've been with my partner for over 6 years. That's longer than some of my co-workers marriages lasted. So much for the sanctity of marriage. I wonder if non-gay people are afraid that we would show them the real definition of marriage. Most of my friends parents have been divorced and re-married at least once. I am fortunate to have parents who will be married 60 years in July, but that is very rare these days. Now days if the marriage last 60 months their doing good.
Something I read on another discussion group is that if gays are allowed to be married, next we'll be allowed to adopt children in all the states. I'm still trying to figure out what would be wrong with that. Having gay parents do not make you gay anymore than standing in the garage will make you a car. In fact my parents are straight and I'm gay. How's that work? As for the cause of homosexuality, I could start another debate as I believe you're born gay. I also believe it is hereditary. My partner is one of 10 and he had one brother who was gay and another he is quite sure is. I have several friends with gay siblings. Oh well I've written enough. Someday we'll sit back and laugh about this as gay marriage will be legal.

For all those who feel the need to judge me because I'm gay, I'll continue to pray for you. Jesus taught unconditional love, so if I'm going to be like Jesus I have to love you unconditionally and I will continue to keep you in my prayers.

Have A Great Day!
Greg

Please post the last verse in Leviticus

Vicky

I find it funny that no one cares that much about protecting the sanctity of marriage other than when it comes to gay marriage. What about the straight pepole that have no concern about the sanctity of marriage. Some people get married 5, 6, 7 times. How come that's okay? Gay people just want the opportunity to get married once. The sanctity of marriage was ruined long ago by the straight people.

Besides that, AIDS is more prevelant in the hetersexual community if you look at the Global Pandemic. Hum.... Maybe God is now punishing the straights.

Yea, that makes me laugh too. I really think that some people think that HIV/AIDS started because of gay people. Like gay sex ignited molecules that could fuse together and form this deadly virus. LOL! It just proves the prejudices that homosexuals still face approaching 2007.