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- Jesus didn’t speak about same-sex marriage, so he’s at least neutral if not open to it. What Jesus doesn’t condemn, we shouldn’t condemn. This is an argument from silence, but the silence doesn’t take place in a vacuum.
- The Old Testament (OT) allows all sorts of “prohibited” marriage, including polygamy and what would today qualify as incest. If those were permitted, surely monogamous same-sex relationships should be allowed.
- The move to prohibit recognition of same-sex marriage is like the church’s past blindness on slavery, women’s rights, and a geocentric universe—where what was “clearly” taught in Scripture is now seen as wrong.
- We don’t follow all sorts of OT laws today (try laws on having sex while a woman is menstruating, or eating certain types of food), so why should we accept what the OT says about same-sex relationships?
3 days ago · Matthew Vines' "God and the Gay Christian” video at the bottom of this article analyses six passages related to homosexuality in the Bible. It does a really great job of contextualizing each reference (because we all know that Scriptures out of context can cause misinterpretation at best and d-r-a-m-a at worst).
Jun 8, 2015 · After the session, they were each asked to interpret some of the most cited verses relating to homosexuality in the Bible. (Text from the New International Version, 1984 edition.) Romans 1:26-27 ...
- Genesis 19 and Leviticus
- The New Testament
- Considering The Context
The story of Sodom and Gomorrahin Genesis 19 is well known. This is where the terms "sodomite" and "sodomy" originate, and it has long been associated with biblical condemnation of male homosexual sex. It is, however, actually about gang-rape. In this story, the men of Sodom seek to rape two visitors (who are actually angels). Their host, Lot, defe...
The remainder of the biblical references occur in the New Testament, written between approximately 50 and 110 CE in the context of the Roman Empire. The attitudes and norms of Graeco-Roman culture are critical in understanding these texts. In Graeco-Roman society, there was an acceptance that men might be attracted to other men. Even if married (to...
We need to put all this in perspective. These are six verses out of more than 31,000 verses or roughly 0.016 per cent of the text. In other words, monitoring and proscribing human (homo)sexual activity is not a particular concern of the Bible when compared to the overarching demand for justice, economic equality, and the fair treatment of foreigner...
Sep 20, 2024 · I think the Bible says what it says, and disapproves of gay sex, full stop,” Hays told me. “But there’s a very arbitrary selectivity about picking out those two verses in Leviticus as the ...
Oct 1, 2023 · When it is read, it is too often read poorly and dangerously. This is especially true when it comes to biblical texts that have been used to exclude LGBTQ+ persons from full lives in the church. We United Methodists have long been lovers of and careful readers of the Bible. But we have also been guided to read our Bible along with a serious ...
Apr 14, 2009 · 3. The Bible never mentions or condemns the concept we call same-sex marriage. Although opponents of same-sex marriage claim that lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender unions violate biblical ...
