Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. - Romans 1:24-27
The Supreme Court has now decided to “back a dog” in the fight over same-sex marriage in America. Reviewing the case in April, their decision should be announced in June. As a Christian I strongly oppose such meddling in the affairs of the traditional family structure that has existed for the better part of 6,000 years. And while there have been periods of history in some cultures where the practice of polygamy was culturally acceptable no where in the world has same-sex marriage ever been acceptable, let alone regarded as a “right!” My point here is this: the government has no business attempting to “redefine” the human state of matrimony. It is a time-honored religio-sociological tradition that no nine judges should have any say upon regardless of the plaintiff’s grievance.
The homosexual lobby has linked arms with traditional “civil rights” groups such as African-Americans and women. Even the devil knows there is strength in numbers. There’s one slight problem though - no one is born a homosexual. . . NO ONE! Suggesting that one is born a homosexual is like saying one is born a liar, an adulterer, or a thief. Homosexuality isn’t an innate characteristic; it is a learned activity, a behavior. Try as they might they have never been able to identify the “gay gene.” Never! Why? Because it doesn’t exist. Nor do “bestiality genes, necrophilia genes, or rape genes” exist. Now while on a rare occasion one might be born with both sets of genitalia or be born with an effeminate nature, no one is born a homosexual - that is a CHOICE ONE MAKES. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. - Genesis 1:27.
In addition, homosexuality is rightly defined as an aberration from the perspective of nature. Life, as we understand it, exists primarily because of the way the sexes compliment one another in regard to procreative activity. There are certainly “normal sexual roles” reserved for the healthier members of any species. This isn’t just a matter of perception or social bigotry: it is the reality of the sustainablilty of the highest form life on earth! Think about it for a moment: among other mammals there is no “natural homosexuality”maintained at a level we could ever call “normal.” Why? Obviously because if it were so their numbers would be decimated by the very behavior. They would simply fail to breed and cause their own extinctions. No where in nature do you see homosexuality as generally expected normal behavior among mammals under “normal” conditions! The defining reason for this is the human will. Animals don’t possess such a characteristic and so, under normal conditions, they behave as nature intended for them to behave. Animals behave normally. Therefore to practice homosexuality is a human choice, not a nature born into us!
So where will the eventual verdict leave our culture? I suppose it depends on who you ask. If you were to ask the advocates themselves, the homosexuals and lesbians, they would tell you that they don’t care where the culture is left, nor the nation, nor the sensitivities of the people. All they care about is the high court’s declaration of their erroneously contrived imaginary “right to marriage.” They don’t care if you are forced to have to explain to your child why the little boy or girl next door has “two mommies,” instead of a mommy and a daddy. And make no mistake: single parent families fare no better in many cases than do same-sex parents. Even in our divorce prone culture children of single-parent homes sense a disconnect with their friends who are blessed to have a mom and a dad at home. But that doesn’t make having a “two mommy home” a better developmental environment for children. (See: “Social Science Research - July 2012)
As far as the percetange of Americans that are homosexual? “A survey released Tuesday by the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports:
Based on the 2013 NHIS data [collected in 2013 from 34,557 adults aged 18 and over], 96.6% of adults identified as straight, 1.6% identified as gay or lesbian, and 0.7% identified as bisexual. The remaining 1.1% of adults identified as “something else[]” [0.2%,] stated “I don’t know the answer[]” [0.4%] or refused to provide an answer [0.6%].
More specifically, 1.8 percent of men self-identify as gay and 0.4 percent as bisexual, and 1.5 percent of women self-identify as lesbian and 0.9 percent as bisexual.
The results are generally in the same ballpark as past estimates — and far below the long-debunked 10 percent estimate.” - The Washington Post (July 15th, 2014)
So all this hoodoo is coming from less than 5% of the total population of this country!
So let me suggest how a favorable decision for the homosexual community will actually effect America.
1. The traditional concept of the American family will be gone forever.
2. The polarization of the American family will reach epidemic proportions.
3. Mental depression and anxiety will reach unheard of levels.
4. Studies have shown higher poverty rates, mental health issues, more drug-addiction, and higher suicide rates among members of such households.
5. Christian ministers will face hate crimes charges if they preach from the Bible.
6. Avowed Christian businesses, owned and operated by Christians would be forced to compromise their values and do business with homosexuals under threat of criminal action by state authorities and threat of civil litigation.
7. By lending legitimacy to this deviant endeavor there is simply no way to avoid following suit with polygamy, beastialty, pedophilia, necrophilia and other rank deviant behavior.
8. An obviously minuscule demographic would immediately be portrayed in the popular cultural avenues as a brightly shining majority. We would see homosexuals presented in every tv program, in every magazine and book, and every motion picture film as though they held a dominant position in society rather than the marginal place they actually occupy.
9. The notion that the role of a father or a mother is expendable in this new society despite study after study that indicates homes with both a mother and a father are generally more conducive to raising a child who develops into a psychologically stable and happy adult.
10. To use the Constitutional Right argument is pure drivel and completely disingenuous. None of the Founders ever imagined (let alone anticipated) a time in this nation’s future when homosexuals would protest for their imagined “right” to the union of marriage. The mere activity of homosexual relations was seen as an abomination by the civil leadership. In fact, Thomas Jefferson even authored a bill which called for “castration” as the penalty for the crime of sodomy! (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Andrew A. Lipscomb, editor (Washington, D. C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904), Vol. I, pp. 226-227, from Jefferson's "For Proportioning Crimes and Punishments).
No, only three kinds of people could ever support and defend such a deviant and sinful lifestyle or it’s validation by law: the practitioners themselves, atheists, and those who are mistaken about the characteristics God’s mercy. The latter have designed a God in their own minds that is the antithesis of His Second Commandment: You shall have no strange gods before me! They have cherry-picked God’s most “seeker-friendly attributes” and formed a mental picture of a God who exists no where in the pages of the Bible . . . nowhere! They have made it clear that the true living God of the Bible is not the one they choose to follow. And neither is the Jesus of the Bible the Jesus they choose to follow! The God of the Bible, the true living God finds homosexuality an abomination, and so should we all!
But I fear this sitting Supreme Court bench will rule in favor of the same-sex initiative. The homosexuals will have their day in the sun. And American will take yet another step away from the God who gave this once great nation its birth, its prosperity, and His providence. Now America enters its twilight to the cheers of the pagan hoards.
“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place—on man and on beast, on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground. And it will burn and not be quenched.’” - Jeremiah 7:20. May God help us all.
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