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61% of Americans don’t want Supreme Court to force gay ‘marriage’ on the states: poll

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Pro and anti-Proposition 8 protesters rally in front of the San Francisco City Hall as the California Supreme Court holds a session in the to determine the definition of marriage (Strauss v. Horton cases). (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) February 26, 2015 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) -- A vast majority of Americans want the government to stay out of their personal affairs when it comes to defining marriage and how they conduct their work lives or businesses, a new survey says. And a great majority also oppose the idea of the Supreme Court forcing the entire country to accept marriage redefinition. Eighty-one percent of Americans agree with the statement, “ Government should leave people free to follow their beliefs about marriage as they live their daily lives at work and in the way they run their businesses,” according to a  survey  commissioned by the Family Research Council (FRC) and the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). The poll breakdown also showed that 80 percent ...

Response to Mr. Vines' conclusion on the Bible and Homosexuality

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English: Gender symbols, sexual orientation: heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality. Česky: (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Mr. Vines says, "The Bible never directly addresses, and it certainly does not condemn, loving, committed same-sex relationships. There is no biblical teaching about sexual orientation , nor is there any call to lifelong celibacy for gay people." The way Mr. Vines has phrased the issue is in favor of his conclusion, but the  Bible  does discuss the issue of homosexuality and clearly condemns it.  Mr. Vines has admitted so in his examination of Leviticus 18:22, which he mistakenly says is not applicable to Christians today.  He says there is no biblical teaching about the topic of "sexual orientation."  However, the Bible addresses "sin orientation" and condemns it.  Homosexuality is a sinful orientation. Mr. Vines says, "if the remedy against sexual sin for straight Christians is marriage, why should the remedy for g...

Homosexuals are born that way. Therefore it is natural and good.

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English: Gender symbols, sexual orientation: heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality. Česky: (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) One of the arguments offered by those in support of homosexuality is that homosexuality is an orientation that people are born with and it has the same moral value as the hair color someone has at birth.  The implication is that since they are said to be born gay, then it is normal and morally acceptable.  The media seems to support this idea, and it is a common position held to justify the behavior.  But there are two problems with this position. First of all, there are a plethora of studies with conflicting results and conclusions on both sides of the argument.  Nevertheless, we could quickly consider studies that deal with identical twins .  If genetics determines sexual orientation , then it should be manifested when studying twins who share the exact same genetic information .  However, that isn't the case.  Consid...