In 1996 a national poll was taken because of the growing number of gay and lesbian couples in the United States. Did the general populace accept this rising form of sexuality? Those polls showed that only seventeen years ago 68% of American adults opposed gay and same sex marriage stating that marriage should be “between man and woman” and that only 27% agreed that same sex unions should be made legal for “any two people” (Wikipedia.com). This year they took another poll and the results were shocking: a record high of 55% of American adults are for same sex marriage and family dynamics! Only 40% continue to oppose such unions! How might America’s changed view of sexuality and marital unions affect us as Christians and how will that affect America
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We listen to the same music, watch the same movies, dress the same, talk the same and relate to each other the same as the world does. I think we need to stop allowing culture shifts to change us. Music and Movies constantly shift – not usually for the better; clothing fads change swiftly. Americas changed view of sexuality and the individuals gender role is a culture shift that we need to take very seriously. Will we also immerse ourselves in this perversion of Gods plan? Because it is indeed a perversion of what God designed. Once again – just like racial segregation or abortion – Gods original blueprint is being manipulated and stained by us humans who stand up and try to run things our way. Gay marriage in the United States is caused by humanity trying to be its own god. I am not trying to say that people who have chosen for their sexual orientation to be gay or lesbian are dirty, evil or horrible. God loves them just as much as everybody else. I am simply stating the fact that same sex marriage is against Gods plan and that we as Christians need to determine that we will not go along with the latest fad and that we will be different in a loving and graceful manner so as to purify ourselves and to save those around us. If we are not different then who will continue to reveal who God is? If Gods Church enters also into this culture shift society will become even more corrupt …show more content…
I believe that this is an effect of same sex relationships. A child cannot grow up understanding their own sexuality if they do not understand that from their parents. A young man cannot learn how to be the man God created him to be without having a father figure to look to. A young woman cannot learn how to be a wife, a mother or a woman of faith without a mother to look up to herself. It doesn’t matter how hard we try a woman cannot be a father in her son’s life and a man cannot be a mother to his daughter. I understand that sometimes divorce will occur and that the mother or father will have to try to take the other parents place in their child’s life. That is a sad thing. I am not saying that those children will grow up without an understanding of their sexuality. A mother without her husband is not trying to be her husband for her children. She is taking up the work he once carried not his gender role in their family. If a child grows up with a feminine father figure or a masculine mother then how are they meant to understand the roles set forth in the bible? A woman is under the authority of God and her husband. She is nurturing and loving and takes care of those around her. God created all of us christian women to portray the proverbs 31 woman and by His grace we can do it. A man is meant to be a kind, considerate and sacrificial leader. He is meant to care for his family
We listen to the same music, watch the same movies, dress the same, talk the same and relate to each other the same as the world does. I think we need to stop allowing culture shifts to change us. Music and Movies constantly shift – not usually for the better; clothing fads change swiftly. Americas changed view of sexuality and the individuals gender role is a culture shift that we need to take very seriously. Will we also immerse ourselves in this perversion of Gods plan? Because it is indeed a perversion of what God designed. Once again – just like racial segregation or abortion – Gods original blueprint is being manipulated and stained by us humans who stand up and try to run things our way. Gay marriage in the United States is caused by humanity trying to be its own god. I am not trying to say that people who have chosen for their sexual orientation to be gay or lesbian are dirty, evil or horrible. God loves them just as much as everybody else. I am simply stating the fact that same sex marriage is against Gods plan and that we as Christians need to determine that we will not go along with the latest fad and that we will be different in a loving and graceful manner so as to purify ourselves and to save those around us. If we are not different then who will continue to reveal who God is? If Gods Church enters also into this culture shift society will become even more corrupt …show more content…
I believe that this is an effect of same sex relationships. A child cannot grow up understanding their own sexuality if they do not understand that from their parents. A young man cannot learn how to be the man God created him to be without having a father figure to look to. A young woman cannot learn how to be a wife, a mother or a woman of faith without a mother to look up to herself. It doesn’t matter how hard we try a woman cannot be a father in her son’s life and a man cannot be a mother to his daughter. I understand that sometimes divorce will occur and that the mother or father will have to try to take the other parents place in their child’s life. That is a sad thing. I am not saying that those children will grow up without an understanding of their sexuality. A mother without her husband is not trying to be her husband for her children. She is taking up the work he once carried not his gender role in their family. If a child grows up with a feminine father figure or a masculine mother then how are they meant to understand the roles set forth in the bible? A woman is under the authority of God and her husband. She is nurturing and loving and takes care of those around her. God created all of us christian women to portray the proverbs 31 woman and by His grace we can do it. A man is meant to be a kind, considerate and sacrificial leader. He is meant to care for his family