I Love Equality.

I am a Christian. And I support gay marriage.

This is not a religious issue. It is a human rights one. Yes, the Bible speaks against homosexuality. Yes, God created man and woman to be together. But religion has been separate from our government for a long time--and for good reason! Not everyone in our country practices Christianity. So making something illegal because "God says it's bad" doesn't make any sense.

But let's think about God and Gays for a minute.

There is a reason gay people have been turned off by the Church. They are shown daily that everything that they are is wrong.  

Leviticus 20:13 says:
If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

First of all, this is the old law, which we are no longer slaves to under the New Covenant, so the killing thing--whoa. But. The point can still be made that homosexuality is not pleasing to God. 

And since we are so perfect as followers of Christ, and they are so wicked, we obviously must hate them. Right?

Ohhhh. I forgot. Chew on these:

Romans 3:23:
For all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.

Romans 6:23:
For the wages of sin is death...

Romans 2:1:
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

What are these "things?"

How about the things mentioned in Colossians 3:5?:
...whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed...

Never done any of that stuff? Hmm. Did you ever disobey your parents? CONDEMNED. Lie? CONDEMNED. Hate? Steal? Cheat? SO CONDEMNED.

When an adulterous woman was brought before Jesus for condemnation, he shocked everyone by saying words that should change all of our lives:
"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone..." 
(John 8:7)

The point of all this is to say that Jesus changed everything.

Galatians 5:1: 
It is for freedom that Christ set us free.

That verse should end with an exclamation point! For freedom! Those who trust in Christ no longer have to worry about condemnation, for we are free from the death that comes alongside sin!
He showed the world how to love, and because of his sacrifice, God looks on his children not with condemnation, but with pride. No matter what they've done, or what they continue to do.

So if you're opposing gay marriage because of hatred toward homosexuality, please, tell me about the perfect life you've been living.

At this point, someone could say, "Okay, so we're supposed to love them. But that doesn't mean that marriage between two men or two women is right! We need to support the way marriage was intended--the way it was in the Bible!" 

I don't really understand what people mean when they say we should support the Biblical idea of marriage. In the old testament especially, wives were considered the property of their husbands, and were expected to behave as such. "Men of God" commonly had multiple wives, as well as concubines. In fact, King Solomon the "wise" had 700 and 300, respectively. 


Have whatever opinion you want on gay marriage. But I don't see how to oppose it for "Biblical" reasons unless you practice/support bigamy, treat women like lesser beings, and/or support the stoning of young women who are found without their virginity on their wedding nights.
 
But all that aside, we cannot expect our culture to conform to one ideology of one religion--because not everyone shares that religion. People in America practice tons of different religions--and many have none at all. Also, to be frank, gay couples will continue to live together and act as married couples no matter if gay marriage is legalized or not. 

This is about people wanting to be treated as people. They aren't wanting to impose their "lifestyle" on anyone--they just want to be able to live their lives as others who are monogamously in love do.

And for serious, what is going to change about your heterosexual life if the homosexual couple down the street exchanges vows with one another and signs a piece of paper?

I leave you with this:

"We're a nation of laws, but the good thing about America is that laws reside in the people, and people can change the laws." - Rick Warren

Let's change the law--in favor of love.