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Homosexual orientation and behavior are forbidden by the Bible

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English: Lot and his daughters flee Sodom, as in Genesis 19:17, illustration from "Sunrays" published 1908 by the Providence Lithograph Company (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The witnesses of the Old Testament and ancient Jewish society have implications for a view of homosexual orientation and behavior that can be described as biblical: 1.      Homosexuality violates the creation order and patterns for male and female roles and for marriage (Genesis 1–2). It arises from the same internal rebellion as did the Fall recorded in Genesis 3 . 2.      Homosexual rape is the only sin described in the events surrounding the fall of Sodom as a special judgment of God ( Genesis 19 ).            3.      That homosexual rape was the sin of Sodom is the only interpretation that fits the larger literary context and structure of the narrative about the covenant God made with Abraham.            4.      Homosexuality is the sin of the incident at Gibeah (Judges 19–20).           

What is true marriage: homosexual or heterosexual?

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Dennis marries Sharon (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) …Instituted by God , Uniting One Man and One Woman Matthew 19:4-6 - “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’ [ Genesis 2:24]? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” Jesus affirms that marriage is for a man and a woman only when questioned over the death of a spouse and a brother replacing the husband. Jesus also affirmed marriage as being between a man and a woman when he spoke on the basis for a divorce and the hardness of people's hearts.  …A Portrait of Christ and His Bride, the Church Ephesians 5:31-32 - “‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’ [Genesis 2:24]. This mystery is profound, and I am saying th