Friday, March 01, 2013

Homosexuality as a "Civil Right": should Christians accept this thinking?

Homosexuals see the problem of dealing with homosexuality's acceptance based on sexuality, so they rather turn it illegitimately into a civil rights issue to gain more support. There are many flaws with this thinking.

Al Mohler states in part:

Discrimination on the basis of an unchangeable characteristic such as skin color would be wrong. But Christians cannot accept the argument that homosexuality is an immutable characteristic. While recognizing the complexity of issues related to sexual orientation, we cannot define a behavior as an intrinsic characteristic. On that basis, why not grant theft or other sinful behavior the same civil rights protection? 

Furthermore, we recognize that marriage, like human rights, exists prior to the law. Christians understand that marriage was instituted by the Creator, who designed marriage and the family as the foundational social unit of human society. Marriage unites a man and a woman in a holy covenant that should last as long as they both live. 

- See more at Answers In Genesis

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