Same Sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized
Juanito Bacuyag Jr.
English P71
Jana Wong
02/05/2014
Same Sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized Same sex marriage, also known as equal marriage or gay marriage, is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity.The question of legalization of same sex marriage is an issue in many of our states today and in other countries. At least “17 U.S. states are now permitting gay marriage and some are still pending” (Bloomberg). Many people have their own beliefs and reasonings when it comes to same-sex marriage; however, God made a man and a woman to join hands together and say vows in the right way. God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve; as a result, a man is for woman and a woman is for man. Take a look what God did to Sodom and Gomorrah in 1900 BCE.
History
According to Holly Joan Toensing, the book of Genesis in the Bible translates to, ”Homosexuality = Death” (Toensing 61). Sometimes the executional judgments came as a result of the wicked conduct of people in their daily lives. Sodom and Gomorrah are an example of this. God inspected the cities and determined that the sin of the inhabitants was very heavy; he decided to bring the cities to ruin. “Then Jehovah made it rain sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—it came from Jehovah, from the heavens. So he overthrew these cities, yes, the entire district, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the plants of the ground.” (Genesis 19:24, 25) But, why? The apostle Peter mentions indulgence in “loose conduct.” (2 Peter 2:7) As indicated by the use of the Greek term from which that expression is translated, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah indulged in wrongdoing in a manner that displayed brazen disrespect, even contempt, for law and authority.
In addition, Jude 7 says that they ‘committed fornication excessively and went out after flesh for unnatural use,’ and “gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.” Weston Fields states that “God’s destruction was brought about
English P71
Jana Wong
02/05/2014
Same Sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized Same sex marriage, also known as equal marriage or gay marriage, is marriage between two persons of the same biological sex or gender identity.The question of legalization of same sex marriage is an issue in many of our states today and in other countries. At least “17 U.S. states are now permitting gay marriage and some are still pending” (Bloomberg). Many people have their own beliefs and reasonings when it comes to same-sex marriage; however, God made a man and a woman to join hands together and say vows in the right way. God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve; as a result, a man is for woman and a woman is for man. Take a look what God did to Sodom and Gomorrah in 1900 BCE.
History
According to Holly Joan Toensing, the book of Genesis in the Bible translates to, ”Homosexuality = Death” (Toensing 61). Sometimes the executional judgments came as a result of the wicked conduct of people in their daily lives. Sodom and Gomorrah are an example of this. God inspected the cities and determined that the sin of the inhabitants was very heavy; he decided to bring the cities to ruin. “Then Jehovah made it rain sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—it came from Jehovah, from the heavens. So he overthrew these cities, yes, the entire district, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the plants of the ground.” (Genesis 19:24, 25) But, why? The apostle Peter mentions indulgence in “loose conduct.” (2 Peter 2:7) As indicated by the use of the Greek term from which that expression is translated, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah indulged in wrongdoing in a manner that displayed brazen disrespect, even contempt, for law and authority.
In addition, Jude 7 says that they ‘committed fornication excessively and went out after flesh for unnatural use,’ and “gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.” Weston Fields states that “God’s destruction was brought about
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