Does God approve of same-sex marriage?

Answer 1

YES!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 says, "Don't you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people-none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."

God can, will, and does forgive the sin of homosexuality. All you have to do is call on His name and ask for forgiveness.

A comment: the word "homosexual" was created in the 19th century. It does not occur in The Bible. Any translation of the text that uses the word is therefore distorting the original. A number of religions do not consider homosexuality a sin.

A:

Homosexual acts should not be considered a sin. Accepting that people can be attracted to the same sex but not allowing them to commit the physical act of love is basically saying "it's O.K. to be gay, you just can't be gay." If the physical act of love defines our sexuality then saying it is wrong for homosexuals to have sex is basically saying "suppress your sexuality." You can be attracted to the same sex but you must NEVER act on that attraction. Basically you have to pretend those attractions don't exist. It's denying them a sexuality.

Answer:

God will forgive any sin repented of.

Paul wrote: "Let him that stole steal no more..." (Eph.4:28). It's true of the other nine sins of breaking God's Ten Commandments also.

Homosexuality is perverse adultery... and is forgivable if repented of, departed from, and mercy and forgiveness sought of the Lord.

Answer 2

Opinions From Contributors:

Opinion

The question of whether God approves of gay people has been a bone of contention in recent years, particularly in discussion of conservative vs liberal politics. Certainly, it is one of those issues where proponents of both sides want to make the other folks adhere to their take on the matter. There's room here for adherents of either opinion.

You have to search your soul for the answer; for me it is the sense of Christian compassion and that all people are acceptable in His House.

Opinion

The Bible says no. Many Christians treat it like it's one of the most horrible sins when in fact God says all sins are equal. Many sins are overlooked. Thou shalt not lie is one of the ten commandments, yet no one makes as much fuss!

Opinion

This question is certainly open to opinion since all the words of God have been uttered through the mouths of men. We do not know what "God" thinks since God has never been questioned. Everything we think we know about God is conjecture derived from the words and writings of mere mortals. Therefore, in my opinion, God has said nothing about same sex marriage.

Answer 3

In the New Testament, Paul writes that homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of heaven. The good news of the New Testament is that God loves everybody, and wants to see all people, gay or straight, enter into the kingdom. Paul goes on to say that some of the people in the church used to be homosexual, and they are forgiven of their sins.

Answer 4

The answer depends entirely on a person's belief system and idea of what God is. But most people who believe in a higher power, also believe that God would only look down on bad choices, and not anything that is part of a person's nature. Since homosexuality is natural and unchangeable, such a God would not be able to look down on it.

Now it is true that many believers in God would say that choosing to act on one's homosexual nature is a sin, and that is a valid argument for those faiths. But a counter argument would be that if God created a person with a nature to purse love and marriage with someone of the same sex, it must be something God is okay with.

Answer 5

The answer depends entirely on a person's belief system and idea of what God is. But most people who believe in a higher power, also believe that God would only look down on bad choices, and not anything that is part of a person's nature. Since homosexuality is natural and unchangeable, such a God would not be able to look down on it.

Now it is true that many believers in God would say that choosing to act on one's homosexual nature is a sin, and that is a valid argument for those faiths. But a counter argument would be that if God created a person with a nature to purse love and marriage with someone of the same sex, it must be something God is okay with.

Answer 6

God is very important. The creator of all things, to be exact. Capitalize his name, please!

Answer 7

No. God loves ALL his children he is perfect and he makes everyone in his image so he made some people gay and that was his plan. You don't punish something that you created.

Answer 8

The Torah, given by God (Exodus 24:12), calls it an abomination for two males to have sexual intercourse (Leviticus ch.18).