Christian who supported same sex marriage have been duped
Gay Couple with child (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Both before and after the Supreme Court ’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, some Christians argued that allowing same-sex couples to marry is not inconsistent with traditional Christian teaching on marriage . At the heart of these arguments is the assertion that same-sex relationships are, to borrow a phrase from gay writer Andrew Sullivan , “virtually normal.” That is, same-sex relationships are, with one very obvious exception, not all that different from traditional marriages. Thus, just as the Supreme Court held that similarly-situated couples should be treated equally under law, similarly-situated couples should be treated equally in our churches. The problem is that same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples are not nearly as alike as those making these arguments would have us believe. This reality was amply demonstrated in a recent broadcast of “ Weekend All Things Considered .” Host Arun Rath spoke to J. Bryan Lowder