It was a policy put into place by President Bill Clinton in an entirely different climate for the homosexual movement. In order to both cater to these supports but still ally the fears and concerns of the armed forces, a deal was struck that officers would not be asked their orientation and were instructed not to tell their orientation, or else they would be removed from service.
There’s a verse in the New Testament where Paul makes a statement about Christian liberty. He says that while all things may be lawful for him, only some things are expedient—some things work toward the ends of building up the saints in Christ.
Sen. Obama is saying things on different topics because of their political expediency, not because they are what he actually believes.
One of the big comments that’s thrown at anyone that opposes Same-Sex Marriage is the idea that it would not effect Traditional Marriage at all—or that it only adds to marriage, but does not take anything away from it. The idea is that, if it causes no harm to you personally in your marriage, then you should not oppose it.
The problem is that this is a short-sighted view of the problem, and does not take into account the consequences of this action.
On Friday, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in their state, overruling a state ban on the activity.
While I could wax eloquent on how amazing it is to find this right in a document that has been translated only one way since the time it was written in regards to marriage, I’d like to instead focus on the question of “Why Support Traditional Marriage?”
Is it fair to say that Christians getting divorced are doing more damage to marriage than same-sex couples? According to the Barna Research Group, Baptists are the highest percentage of groups getting divorced, beating out un-churched 29% to 21%.
From the way that this issue is painted, Homosexuality is the worst sin to befall mankind. I made the argument in a discussion of the McDonald’s boycott that there are many sins that God hates, and that we should make sure that we major on what God considers sin.
So, what about this sin?
Perry believes that God exaggerates the importance of this sin based on Romans 1:27. What’s interesting about this passage is that it is a progression.
Perry over at Life In a Shoe has addressed my post on the McDonald’s boycott, so I thought that it would be only fitting to address some of his concerns in a related post1.
I think many of the difference between the two of us remains a difference of definitions. Because of my background I’m both strangely precise2 and guarded at the same time.
So, when I made the statement regarding being in the “holiness” camp over the “love” camp, I was not making a reference to who I think God is, but rather how Christians have chosen to align themselves.
To explain this, I need a short digression.
The past few weeks has seen a flurry of activity in the area of same-sex marriage. Specifically, the Supreme Court of California ruled that same-sex couples should have equal protection rights under the California Constitution to marry, and have instructed the state to do so starting in the middle of June.
