Same Sex Marriages

The twentieth century ushered in many sociological changes in America and especially to the Christian concept of family. The most damaging to date is same-sex marriage. This seemingly benign alteration of civil partnerships, I predict, will be the foundation stone to the ultimate dismissal of what defines a family and its participants. This issue of same-sex marriage will open doors in society that will be pragmatically and legally impossible to close.

Being a devout Biblicist, I take the traditional view of marriage between a man and a woman. This is not revolutionary. The Bible is very clear on how God wills us to partake in this union, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Genesis 2:24 ESV).[1] At the very beginning of creation, God sets the standard of how and who we are to betroth…