Thoughts on the Marriage Amendment
Daniel Valles 2/27/04 www. informedchristians.com

As I write this article, the courts are battling the matter of same-sex marriages in San Francisco and making a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.  Should marriage be between a man and a woman?  No doubt whatsoever.

Will a Constitutional Marriage Amendment...

...stem the growing tide of divorce in America? No

...protect children from these perverted homosexual lifestyles? No

...make same-sex marriage or even lifestyle immoral in the eyes of the American/world people? No

...give credence to heterosexual marriage as moral and God-ordained as opposed to government-ordained? No

...prevent even more homosexual lifestyles being taught in our school? No

...prevent homosexual bars/cafes springing up in our neighborhoods? No

...prevent homosexual couples from living in your area, influencing your/other children? No

...be exempt from being amended or removed by the next administration? No

...prevent homosexual parades in your city? No

...prevent homosexual couples from flaunting in front of your family at amusement park events? No

...prevent a growing increase in homosexual TV shows, activities, and jokes from affecting your family? No

Will a Constitutional Marriage Amendment...

...allow homosexual activity and support to fester with less oversight by Christians? Yes

...will it act as a placebo to get Christians to think they've "done their part"? Yes

...will Christians think we are more of a 'Christian nation', even though no attempt was made to actually reverse/address homosexuality? Yes

...will it lull Christians to be less active against the moral corruption of homosexuality than they currently are?  Yes

...will Christians start looking more to government to solve moral issues that ultimately stem from spiritual issues?  Yes

...will this contribute to a larger "having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof" 2 Timothy 3:5? Yes

Well, what do I suggest?
First, of all, my point with this essay to to get your eyes and dependence off of this legislation as a cure-all.  If anything, it will make the homosexuals look like victims, and win more sympathy for their cause, while installing a veneer of bigotry over the whole of Christianity, conservatives, and heterosexuals.

I have yet to hear our President or the governors of the states involved actually decrying the sins of Sodom, calling on our nation to repent, and to actually attempt to clean up the filth - (notice I did not say sweep it under the carpet).  All of the godly kings in the Old Testament that worked a revival for God did not pussyfoot around the issue worrying about damaging their image among their most powerful lobby groups or constituents, or even worry about the repercussions!  The Bible commands us to eschew and abhor evil!  For a deeper look at what God requires, please read "The Great Commandment: How do we love God?"

Secondly, instead of putting all of your hopes in this legal basket, create or get involved in a ministry that reaches out to homosexuals.  That's right.  Show them, with a sincere concern, that Christ not only created us, but He saves us.  Christ came to die for homosexuals, too.  Stand up, be salt and light.  You do not need to bash.  Christians should not bash a person.  Show them sincere concern for their soul.  This does not mean you bring yourself down to their moral level to reach them; but you can reach them while remaining distinct and sanctified.

Also, in your marriage, live the godly example and testimony that you should.  Make them jealous.  Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25, Colossians 3:19); and wives love your husbands as the church loves Christ (Ephesians 5:23, Titus 2:4).

Resources for the Christian/Ministry to use in witnessing to homosexuals
- without 'bashing'.

• Gospel tracts and booklets wcuweb.com - also, many articles from a Christian perspective on homosexual issues and arguments (born that way, health consequences, etc.)
• Gay Blade, The Chick Tracts

Romans 1:27-28
"And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient."

Jude 1:7
"Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire."