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I think it can be accurately said that a DCT says goodness is rooted in God's being, and all his commands are good; therefore adultery would be bad. Same-sex marriage, though in the confines of "marriage" could never be "good" because it is still sexual immorality in God's law. Which again, a DCT says God's laws are good because God is good. So, if one were to deviate from His goodness it would eventually lead into a life of lesser good.

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