What’s Cooking: Proposed amendment to ban gay marriages draws ire
I am not married. Never have been married. Never have hopes of being married. I believe marriage is a sacred privilege, a privilege that two people should not go into lightly.
One of the reasons I am not married is because I have cerebral palsy and I know I could not give a family the things that it would need to sustain life. I have friends that have married and are making a tremendous goal with their marriage. Many in better physical condition would have given up long ago on a marriage relationship.
There was a headline in a recent issue of the Southern Standard that greatly disturbed me. The headline read: “Rosie O’Donnell marries girlfriend.” Sorry folks, this is most sickening to me. I know we live in the year 2004, but we do not have to accept every thing hook, line, and sinker.
In that article O’Donnell talks about President Bushes decision to propose an amendment to ban same-sex marriages. She said, according to the article, “I find this proposed amendment very, very, very, very shocking. And immoral! You know, if civil disobedience is the way to go about change, then I think a lot of people will be going to San Francisco. And I hope they put more people on the steps to marry as many people as show up. I hope everyone shows up.”
Within this quote, there is a two word sentence that really caught my attention. In reference to President Bush’s proposal, O’Donnell used the word “immoral.” You know folks, if this wasn’t such a serious matter, it would be laughable. O’Donnell, or whatever title you wanna give, thinks it immoral for President Bush to propose a amendment to ban same-sex marriages, but God has always disapproved of this type of thing. It doesn’t matter what I think about same-sex marriage. Nor does it matter what you think. What we need to do is to find out what God says about it. He has the final answer. If we refuse to hear Him, we then have no hope. Listen!
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Romans 1:18 -32
We need to think about how God wants us to be. Not so much how we want to be.