The problem Christians have with “gay marriage”

People have a hard time understanding why Christians make such a huge deal out of “gay marriage.” In this post, I would like to help you understand this confusion. Please, hear me out.

Christians read the Bible as the truth of God, because that is what it claims to be. The Bible says that a marriage is between one man and one woman, under God. In other words, it is not a contract, but a covenant. But I’m sure you already know this. Seriously. I know you have heard all of this before, but bear with me. The issue doesn’t even really address the fact that God calls homosexuality a sin, but it is simply focused on “gay marriage.”

Is it a cultural thing?

Maybe, you think, that it is a cultural issue that is in the Bible. Maybe that only marriage between a man and a woman was the only way back then, but maybe times are different now? For one thing, men and women are made with different parts, and these parts are meant to fit together. Whether or not you believe in God, it is clear that there is a design to the biological reproduction of life. This seems to be a sufficient case for the demise of homosexuality being a cultural issue. In other words, homosexuality is not a cultural issue because men and women will always be men and women. A biological man will never be able to give birth to a child. Homosexuality is not a biblical cultural issue.

Is it a religion thing?

Can an atheist get married? Again, we must look at what the Biblical definition of marriage is. As stated above, one can clearly see from a reading of the first three chapters in Genesis, that a marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman, under God. Jesus basically reinstates this:

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate” (Matthew 19:4-6).

So, then, marriage is not for atheists either. Marriage is not for anyone out of the Judeo-Christian heritage. Marriage is an invention of God, for His people. If you want to know who His people are, read the book of Romans and Galatians. “Marriage” is misused anywhere outside of this.

If you want to call it anything, call it a civil union.

This is easy to understand. The whole problem is between church and state. They simply do not mix. The state cannot regulate what a religion should do, because the state is also under God in authority. It is understandable that homosexuals want the same rights as people who are married. I have no problem with this. I completely understand that homosexuals want the same rights as everyone else. If you want to have the same rights as people who are married, then by all means, have them. The problem I have is that homosexuals are trying to change the definition of marriage. You just cannot do that. Marriage will always be what it is, what God intended it to be and what He invented it to be, no matter what. Have the same rights, just don’t think you are married, because it is not possible.