To the Editor:
In response to Robert Steele’s Feb. 20 letter: Last time I
checked, the Bible, not the practices of seminary schools, was the
foundation of Christian beliefs, the Torah for Judaism, the Koran
for Islam. I have seen no evidence in any holy book that accepts
homosexual marriage.
Nowhere in the Bible does it condone homosexual marriage (or
homosexuality for that matter). It does condemn it many times, for
example, in Corinthians 6:9-11, however, it also says that those
who no longer practice it and accept Jesus Christ are forgiven. God
obliterating Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) is pretty blatant if
you ask me. In Matthew 19:12, Jesus himself says that single life
is a better way for some to live. Alcoholics who don’t drink aren’t
drunkards (and are to be commended!); perhaps one should liken
homosexuality to that.
I agree with Daniel Lazzari that it is an insult to my Christian
faith to endorse gay marriages. Do homosexual couples hold celibacy
until marriage in the same esteem as straight couples? I would be
inclined to disagree. One thing that makes marriage sacred is the
idea that people remain celibate until they consummate their
marriage. While not all people choose to adhere to this
God-ordained tenet, it seems to me the only thing that would change
for homosexual pairs were they to be married would be legal
benefits.
If you want rights, amend the language of civil unions; I would
be the last to oppose the democratic ideal, but don’t defile what
is ordained by God, whether that be Jesus, Yahweh or Allah.
Marriage is a sacrament that is respected by the government, not an
amendable government sanction.
Tim Bessler
Sophomore, CIS and German
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