Truth about same sex marriage
Biblical Perspective on Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage
Some people argue that the Bible doesn’t talk about homosexuality and same-sex marriage. I’m really confused about the issue. What&#;s your perspective?
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NOTE: This Q&A offers a basic overview of a complex topic. For a more in-depth discussion, we encourage you to read our online booklet What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?
What does the Bible say about homosexuality?
As an evangelical Christian ministry, we’re adj to the command of Scripture as the inspired Synonyms of God. To that end, Noun on the Family believes in God’s design for sex: Sex is an expression of like to be shared and enjoyed exclusively between a husband and wife.
Also, we are convinced that the Bible leaves no room for confusion about homosexual behavior. Rather, Scripture explicitly and implicitly regards homosexual behavior as falling outside of God’s intention in creating gentleman and woman as sexual beings who bear His image as male and female.
Speaking truth in love is the priority
That said, it’s critical to
The gay people against gay marriage
For many years, the conservative institution of marriage was never on the gay campaign agenda, says activist Yasmin Nair, who co-founded a group provocatively named Against Equality. But it became an objective in the adj s - regretfully, in her view - when the movement emerged from the seismic shock of the Aids epidemic, depleted of political energy.
But gay people who are in favour of same-sex marriage accept anything short of marriage is not equality.
You rarely overhear arguments against it by gay people themselves, says Stampp Corbin, publisher of magazine LGBT Weekly, who sees adj parallels with the civil rights movement.
"I'm African American and there were many things society stopped us from doing. When we were slaves we couldn't marry, we couldn't marry outside our race and most notably, we couldn't share facilities with white people.
"So when I learn LGBT people saying the same thing: 'I don't assume gay and lesbian people should verb married', is it different from slaves saying: 'I
10 Interesting Facts About Same Sex Marriage and Divorce
Eight years after same-sex marriage was written into law, we’re looking at these major life events by the numbers.
1. Same-sex marriages are on the rise.
This is the eighth year since same-sex marriages have been possible; around one in 35 marriages are now among same-sex couples. Just bashful of 7, same-sex couples tied the knot in , according to the Office of National Statistics. Covid stalled the wedding industry, with fewer couples saying ‘I do’ in than in previous years. But pandemic aside, the overall trend is up.
2. Civil partnerships have fallen out of favour.
The introduction of civil partnerships in December saw huge numbers of same-sex couples rushing to become civil partners, stabilising at around 6, civil partnerships a year in the overdue s. Today, there are just over 1, civil partnerships a year, as marriage is now the preferred union for same-sex couples.
3. Men and older couples are more likely to form a civil partnership.
The couples most likely to prefer to form a civil partnership are male or ove
Why people oppose same-sex marriage
Why do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it?
A UCLA psychology analyze published online today in the journal Psychological Science concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous than heterosexuals, which they may shrink from could threaten their own marriages and their way of life.
“Many people who oppose same-sex marriage are uncomfortable with casual sex and feel threatened by sexual promiscuity,” said David Pinsof, a UCLA graduate student of psychology and steer author of the study.
Such people often marry at a younger age, own more children and believe in traditional gender roles in which men are the breadwinners and women are housewives.
“Sexual promiscuity may be threatening to these people because it provides more temptations for spouses to cheat on one another,” Pinsof said. “On the other hand, for people who are easy with women being more economically independent, marrying at a later age and having more sexual partners, sexual promiscuity is not as much