Same Sex Marriage Revisited

The issue of homosexuality (gays, lesbians, transgender, et. al), is as old as Sodom and Gomorra, and as controversial as many issues of the times. The recent news about the union of eight homosexual couples in Baguio City really rocked the boat, the Church in particular. Its recent legalization in the world’s leading civilization, New York City, is another blow to Christianity.

In Vol. I, No. 6 issue of SUNBEAM, this writer noted same-sex marriage in Canada, the 3rd country which legalized same sex marriage after Belgium and Netherlands. The punchline then in my column, “From the Grapevine”, another Sodom and Gomorra in the making?

Are nations which accepted same-sex marriage doomed to destruction as God did to Sodom and Gomorra?

According to my psychometric professor in UP, masculine/feminine behavior can be better viewed as a continuum rather than a dichotomy. An array of behaviors branded by society as masculine or feminine, can be found in any individual regardless of gender, at the varying degree. For example, powdering one’s face is branded as feminine behavior, and yet we can see many “macho” men powdered their faces. Thus, effeminate behavior should not always be equated to being gay (male homosexual).

One artist interpreted Jesus Christ as gay upon observing him to be leaning on John’s shoulder during the Last Supper. And certainly, the Saviour is not homosexual. Therefore, outside manifestation of one’s behavior should not be equated to homosexuality. But the question is, when does one (gay or lesbian) become homosexual?

The Bible teaches us to love homosexuals, but not their homosexual acts. Same sex marriage definitely leads to homosexual acts. Thus, the Bible, using simple logic, prohibits same sex marriage.

Bro. Dave, the SUNBEAMer in Baguio called me up, telling me that the case of Baguio same sex marriages is more intricate than what we only heard. It includes marriage of gay male and lesbian female, and so, technically and physiologically, they are still male and female, and thus exempted from the definition of same-sex marriage. What’s my opinion?, he asked.

Let me stick to the Bible standard-teaching, love the homosexuals but not their homosexual acts. I think the issue at hand, in my opinion, is not on legality nor technicality of the matter. It is more of a Christian morality issue. Sex within marriage is God’s plan for mankind. I cannot equate being gay or lesbian to homosexual immorality, not until he or she practices homosexual acts. Thus, sex within marriage of a gay and a lesbian is acceptable (at least to this SUNBEAM editor). (JSF)