Should gay marriage be legal? – No

“God hates all gays.” “Gay people should just die.” “I hate gays.”

Sadly, too many people in today’s world expect these phrases, or something along the lines of these phrases, to come out of my mouth when asking me about my views on homosexuality.

As a Christian, it makes me so angry to see so many so-called “Christian” churches on TV picketing and being hateful towards others. No matter what anyone says, I warn you to not believe that this is what God is about and expects of us.

Ephesians 5:1 says, “be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us.” He calls us to love as he loves us, and anyone who uses sin as an excuse to be hateful toward others has forgotten that they are also sinners themselves, and we are all at God’s mercy. Churches that are disrespectful and spiteful give Christianity a bad name, and reflect God in a negative way. God is love, and he loves each and every one of us.

That being said, God does list in the Bible those things that which he detests (notice I said things, not people). God hates sin, and sin is the only thing that can keep a person from him.

On the subject of homosexuality, it is indeed something that is listed among other sins such as lying, stealing and adultery in many places in the Bible, including 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 and Romans 1:27-31. Many people claim that God doesn’t actually think that homosexuality is a sin, and I am always greatly surprised at this considering it is specifically listed multiple times in the Bible as being something detestable to Him.

God has blessed me so much in my life. Every day he allows me to wake up. He grants me every breath I take, and every beat my heart pumps. He has given me everything I have, and all he asks of me is that I love him and obey his commands.

How then, can I accept something that he detests? My moral standards come from God’s standards for us, so how can I just blatantly deny something he says? People have told me countless times how I should be “accepting” of homosexuality, and in fact they also ridicule anyone who does not think this way. How, in my right mind, could I dare to accept something as a normality that God does not?

As far as gay marriage, I cannot, in good conscience, say that gay marriage should be legal. Doing so would condone homosexuality, and because of my faith and respect for God I cannot do that.

It’s a “what would Jesus do” situation. Would Jesus ever vote to make something legal that he knows God detests? A strong argument that people use against Christians on this matter is “it doesn’t even affect you.” But doesn’t it?

I have the constitutional right to vote for my beliefs- when I’m of age, of course- and that is even the definition of a democracy itself. It doesn’t matter what I think, or what you think, or what John thinks, or what Mary thinks, or what Mike thinks.

What matters is that in a democracy every single citizen is affected and given a chance to speak on every issue. You may know nothing about global warming but you have just as much of a right under the law to vote any way you would like on a legislation concerning the subject.

In the same way, I cannot support gay marriage because condoning what I believe is a sin makes me just as guilty of the sin. This being said, I hope that who ever is reading this will understand that I am not looking to condemn anyone, for that power lies only with God.

What I am doing is giving my testimony on what I believe is true in the eyes of God. Many of you will not agree with me, but I hope you will give me the same respect as I intend to give each and every one of you.