Same Sex Marriage Across The Whole World - 1507 Words

There is a long standing debate regarding same-sex marriage across the whole world. Many religious institutions as well as the people under each denomination, still firmly oppose it even after it’s legalization. â€Å"Religious denominations play a strong role in structuring attitudes about the morality of homosexuality, and support for specific policies of toleration and nondiscrimination† (Sherkat, Mattias de Vries and Creek 81). Religion continues to be a major factor towards the society’s views in same-sex marriage. It also determines how the scriptures in the bible regarding homosexuality are interpreted. â€Å"Fully 85% of those who are religiously unaffiliated favor same-sex marriage, as do 62% of white mainline Protestants and 56% of†¦show more content†¦God s design for marital relationship is heterosexual and monogamous – that both man and woman complement one another. In the accounts of the creation, man is created in the likeness and image of God, where they come together as one. Eve is created through Adam’s rib, which means that Adam’s equal is found with a woman. Their roles as man and woman and their purpose are defined through their anatomical differences. God s ideal exclusiveness of this relationship disallows any other relationship other than man and woman. In the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians, â€Å"Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites†¦ none of these will inherit the kingdom of God† (The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocryoha: New Revised Standard Version, Cor. 6.9-10). In Paul’s letters, he had talked about other sexual relations besides that of a man and a woman. This is seen as a rejection of God’s design and purpose of the humankind. Which leads to his argument in his letter to the Romans that causes the fall of humanity (Hvalvik 15 0). Another popular reason as to why same-sex marriage is opposed is due to the assumption of what the main purpose of marriage is: to conceive children. It states in the book of Genesis, â€Å"And God blessed them, and God said to them, â€Å"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth