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Question: Why should Christians care if same-sex couples marry? If they are unbelievers, why should Christians dictate their actions? Shouldn't we just worry about preaching the gospel?

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Question: Why should Christians care if same-sex couples marry? If they are unbelievers, why should Christians dictate their actions? Shouldn't we just worry about preaching the gospel? This question is based upon the false premise that Scripture assigns the accountability to marriage to Christians alone rather than to society at large. Christian concern for marriage is deeply concerned with the moral risk taken by unbelievers when they marginalize, reject, subvert, or harm marriage in any way.  Christians believe this risk threatens acting parties with eternal consequences. Furthermore, it is quite selective and arbitrary to say that when it comes to same-sex marriage , Christians should not ask unbelievers to act like unbelievers. Why should that request be limited to same-sex marriage?  Should it be applied to other aspects of the criminal code?  Should Christians not expect non-Christians to live by the same civil laws they live by?  Should Christians require n

Whose rights are more important? The child’s or homosexual parents’?

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If same-sex marriage involved only adults it would be much easier to accept it I wish that I could support same-sex marriage and I have "moral regret" that I can't. When we feel ethically bound to take a position that we know will cause hurt to others, we should - and I do - regret the hurt that causes. If same-sex marriage involved only adults it would be much easier to agree with legalizing it. One hopes its advocates are correct that it would send a powerful message from society as a whole that discrimination against homosexual people and ill-treatment of LGBTIQ persons or a failure to respect them is abhorrent. But marriage doesn't involve just adults; it also involves - and, arguably, primarily - children. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights defines marriage as a compound right: men and women "have the right to marry and to found a family." The "right to found a family" makes marriage the societal institution that recognizes and es

Pink Panza parade will not stop at homosexual Marriage

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Some people seem to think that a ‘ Yes ’ vote will make the homosexual lobby happy and that they’ll go away and spend the rest of their time traipsing from one wedding to another. However, nothing could be further from the truth. A breakthrough on marriage represents a shattering of all defences against the onslaught of the Pink Panzers . They will not stop but will brutally and ruthlessly exploit the gap created to destroy all resistance. The goal is to completely and radically revolutionise society’s understanding of the family unit. Every remnant of the traditional concept of family must be eradicated, So before we rush headlong to the end of the rainbow, it would be worthwhile considering what battles have erupted in other nations once homosexual marriage was legalised. Like New Zealand. Family First New Zealand has just been stripped of its status as a charity. And this is the reason why: The Board considers that Family First has a purpose to promote its own particular vie

Australia: Chinese Families Voting NO to homosexual marriage

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Islamic and ethnic groups are sounding warnings about the consequences of same-sex marriage in Australia , questioning whether parents will retain the freedom to promote the traditional definition of marriage to their children. Co-founder of the Australian Chinese for Families Association Pansy Lai said she was concerned that schemes such as the Safe Schools program, familiarising students with transgender concepts, could become compulsory if same-sex marriage were legalised. Last year, Dr Lai organised a NSW petition amassing 17,500 signatures from members of the Australian Chinese community in favour of scrapping Safe Schools, which she said promoted “in­appropriate sexual content to ­underage children”. She told The Australian yesterday that large numbers of the Austral­ian Chinese community kept to a traditional view of marriage­, many for reasons un­related to relig­ious conviction, and question­ed whether there were sufficient protections for them. “The religious people m

Weak homosexual marriage argument by Brigadier Chris Roberts, Curtin, ACT

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THIS PICTURE IS A GAY PRIDE MARCH -REALLY? LETTER TO THE EDITOR -AUSTRALIA As a decidedly heterosexual male, might I pose five questions to those who oppose equality in marriage?   Do you believe in discrimination? NO Homosexuality was inserted by Labor governments into anti-discrimination legislation . What was the basis for that insertion? It was a criminal offense 20 years ago. Buggery, sodomy, indecent behaviour - by homosexual have always and will always been seen as a sinful behaviour. So the question is why isn't pedophilia under anti-discrimination because we agree that is wrong immoral behaviour .....until someone in Labor changes their mind and inserts it. Will people of the same sex marrying directly affect you? YES Because, it is a chosen unhealthy lifestyle and adopting children or using huamnsurrogates which could in some countries lead to human trafficking for babies who then grow up searching for their biological parents or parent it a dange

Gays manipulate Passport wording for Father and Mother

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Image via Wikipedia GAY parents could win the right to not be referred to as a mum or dad, but instead ' parent 1' or 'parent 2' in passport applications. They would have the option of choosing "parent 1" and "parent 2", instead of mother and father, under a proposal being considered by the Government for its new electronic passport application system. Gay rights groups applauded the potential for gender-neutral forms in Australia , but family groups expressed concern. Is this political correctness gone mad ?  Australian Family Association spokeswoman Terri Kelleher said the move undermined the traditional family model. "It would break down the understanding of a family and family relationships; how long until they just use parent one and parent two?" she said. "It would reflect the make-up of families across Australia," she said. Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby spokeswoman Sarah Rogan said it would be a "progr