Can a faithful Christian advocate same-s*x "marriage"?

Question

Given Jesus' teachings about marriage, could a Christian who takes Jesus seriously work toward a redefinition of marriage to include same-s*x coupling?

Answer 1

In the bible, marriage meant ownership

Not love

Christians need to learn some things about marriage nowadays

Answer 2

Well lots of Christians do. If you ask me they are more 'christ like' than the ones who go around beating up g*y people or shooting abortion doctors.  

Answer 3

No. never. Homosexuality, whether male or female goes AGAINST what God has decreed, and is an abomination in His sight.

Answer 4

Any Christian who supports divorce for any reason is going against Jesus' teachings as handed to us.

Jesus said nothing about homosexuality.

He did, however, cure the slave of the centurion, who was, from the wording of the original language probably in a devoted sexual and romantic relationship with said centurion. (Certainly fits the culture.)

And the guy came to Jesus as a spiritual authority and had faith and would have done what he was told--but Jesus didn't tell him that he had to change his relationship. (Today we wouldn't like that particular relationship because of the power imbalance, but every man who had a handmaid was in the same kind of relationship.)

So Jesus didn't believe in breaking up g*y couples.

Edit: Thank you, thumbs-downer, for saying we shouldn't be like Jesus! :D

Answer 5

What JESUS said about marriage was that divorcing someone and remarrying is adultery and that even looking at a woman with lust is a sin.

He did not say anything about same-s*x marriage. OTHER people have condemned that but not Jesus (especially Paul who said the s*x was bad and that it was only less bad when married; the boy had issues).

Answer 6

No.

It would be like recognizing a farmer who brought his horse to marry ... or like a women bringing her Ken-doll to marry ... or like a vegan marring a broccoli ... the boundary in marriage requires one human man and one human women.

Forgiveness is still there for those who sucome to homosexual acts ... and we're required to have empathy for thier desires ... but Jesus clarified marriage to be between a human male and a human female.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Absolutely not...

Answer 9

No.

Answer 10

NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!!

Answer 11

A Christian??? NO.  A follower of Jesus of Nazareth. YES!

A marriage should be based on mutual LOVE, and noone has a right to determine WHO should be able to Love.  

And the brain dead idiots who talk about farmers marrying their horses will have to produce a horse who can say "I Do...until death do us part"!!!  And no  Christian has ever produced a dog who can be claimed as a 'consenting adult'!!!  The fools who follow that tack simple show up Christianity as a religon of idiots.

For hundreds of years, after the institution of slavery by the Biblical God, Christians firmly believed that it was a 'sin' for a white man to marry a black woman, or a black man to marry a white women. And they made LAWS to forbid it.   It is that same sort of warped thinking that causes homophobic, heterosexual Christians to try and claim a lock on marriage.  (And the same sort of idiocy that causes bigoted Christians to call Barak Obama a Muslim, for the simple reason that they can not admit they oppose him because he is BLACK).

No one is asking Christians to ADVOCATE same-s*x marriage....but they have NO Legal, or God-given right to try to stop it.  

Answer 12

if you take the Lord seriously then no read 1st and 2nd Corinthians it talks about it in there

Answer 13

Not this one , if they want to be homo ok, but dont try to tell me its not a sin

tGod bless

Answer 14

of course. god is love; therefore, how could god reject any feelings of love human beings have towards one another? anyone who claims the bible says otherwise should consult a trained biblical scholar who can read the original text in hebrew or greek.

Answer 15

The Bible clearly says that g*y marriage is wrong. A "redefinition of marriage"? No way! God meant for one man and one woman to be married, not any other combination. Christians should be advocating the Bible's teachings, not trying to mess with God's word.

God bless

Answer 16

No....the bible tells us that those that condone sin are guilty of sin.

Answer 17

No. The Bible says that among other things Homosexuality will keep people out of heaven. If a person knowingly pushes to legalize it, then they are condemning someone.It would be sin because to know to do good and do it not is sin. to know to seek to turn people away from that behavior would be considered just like you were taking part in it.

People that have taken part in that type of activity can be forgiven and go to heaven, but without repentance ( Turning away from the sin) they can not enter heaven.

Answer 18

1.  It is the Christians who oppose same s*x who are trying to redefine marriage.  There was never any law anywhere in this country that stated that marriage must be heterosexual only until states started granting marriage licenses to homosexuals.  

2.  Jesus' statements regarding marriage were in direct answer to a question posed to him by the Pharisees on the issue of divorce.  He was quoting their law back to them.  It was an attempt to trip him up in the snares of the law, much the same as you are presently attempting to do to other Christians.  You know what Jesus said about the Pharisees, don't you?

Answer 19

Yes, espeically for marriage in the sense of it as a legal contract.  You can be in support of same-s*x couples having the same legal rights as opposite s*x couples since Jesus preached about tolerance and acceptance.  To be against g*y marraige is to be in judgement of someone as less worthy of legal protection.  It's not right and its not at all in line with the Bible's teachings.  While the church may say that god said that its wrong, its not our place to judge and it certainly doesn't harm anyone.

Answer 20

Yes.  I take all of Jesus' teachings seriously, including the part where He told us to not worry about worldly things and to "render unto Cesar".  The government could define marriage as three bears and a fish on a bicycle for all it matters to me.  

Answer 21

no

Answer 22

The greatest lesson Jesus taught was to love and accept all people regardless of their faults. A true christian would be able to accept same-s*x marriages.

Answer 23

I feel that if god can forgive a mass-murderer he should accept people loving each other no matter the s*x.

I can't imagine sending my daughter to h**l for ETERNITY for loving someone.

Answer 24

No way baby!!!

Answer 25

Thye way I see it, marriage is about love and commitment to your partner.  So I can think of no reason why a faithful Christian couldn't advocate same-s*x marriage between two people who love each other.

Answer 26

Absolutely yes.