Marriage Inequality
Government perversion of society and this nation
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The Deconstruction
of Marriage
• The gospel goes out to all sinners
• Acts 10:34-35, Gal. 3:26-28 (Rom 1:16)
• God’s people must rise up and challenge
the destruction of marriage that is taking
place before our eyes
• Moral and legal challenges are ahead
• This nation, the church, souls are at stake
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Marriage According
to God’s Word
• God’s law governing marriage is universal and
ordained from the beginning of humanity
– Gen. 2:24-25; Mt. 19:4, 8; Cf. Rom. 5:13
• “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed
undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers
God will judge” Hebrews 13:4 (KJV)
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Evidence of Changing
Moral Values
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A recent Pew Forum survey said 39 % of
Americans believe marriage is obsolete
The U.S. Census reports that 41 % of births in
America are to parents who are unmarried
Nearly 60 % of American adults believe sex
between an unmarried man and woman is
morally acceptable
Only 40 % think it’s wrong to have sex outside of
marriage
49 – 58 % favor same-sex marriage
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Results of Changing
Moral Values
• DID YOU KNOW…Homosexuality is a major contributor
to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Other risks included
Hepatitis, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, HPV, GBS, Cancer,
Violent Relationships, Mental Health issues & Suicide
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http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS01B1
• DID YOU KNOW...The median age at death for a
homosexual man is 42; 75 for married heterosexual
men
• DID YOU KNOW...The median age at death for a
lesbian is 45; 79 for a married heterosexual woman
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http://homosexualityintheus.weebly.com/statistics.html
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The Destruction
of Marriage
• On June 26 US Supreme Court ruled on DOMA
• Struck DOMA down on the claim that the federal
government can no longer could define marriage as
only between a man and a woman
• Also ruled on California’s Prop 8, that defined
marriage as being between a man and woman
(passed by 52 - 48 % majority vote, May 2008)
• 9th District court struck Prop 8 down and a law suit was
brought forth; SC ruled supporters of Prop 8 had no
standing to bring this suit to the court
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DOJ Would Not
Defend DOMA
“In determining the meaning of any Act of
Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or
interpretation of the various administrative
bureaus and agencies of the United States, the
word ‘marriage’ means only a legal union
between one man and one woman as husband
and wife, and the word ‘spouse’ refers only to a
person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a
wife…” (Defense of Marriage Act, Sept 21, 1996)
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US Supreme Court Sides
With California AG
The Supreme Court ruled that Proposition
8’s backers lacked standing to defend the
2008 law because California’s governor and
attorney general have declined to defend
the ban
• http://news.yahoo.com/gay-marriage-opponents-ask-court-intervene-210730914.html
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WA Recognizes
Same-Sex Marriages
• Washington State recognizes same-sex
marriages from other states…
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“A couple who is validly married in another
jurisdiction, when they come to Washington
state, they’ll be recognized as having a
domestic partnership here,” said Rep. Laurie
Jenkins (D-Tacoma), the bill’s primary sponsor
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Alex Silverman, “Legislature OKs out-of-state gay marriages”
http://tinyurl.com/3f2cc3j
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Domestic
Partnerships in WA
…in 2009, the (WA) legislature expanded
domestic partnerships once again in the
“everything but marriage” bill, which
provides the same state rights,
responsibilities, and obligations as married
spouses, while specifying that domestic
partnerships are not marriages
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Domestic
Partnerships in WA
“…Washington State voters made history
by approving Referendum 71 by a margin
of 53 percent to 47 percent, becoming the
first state to vote in favor of equality.”
(“Marriage”, www.equalrightswashington.org)
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US Supreme Court
Ruling on DOMA
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion striking
down a key part of the DOMA statute said,
“DOMA instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons with
whom same-sex couples interact, including their own children, that
their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others. The
federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the
purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the
state, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and
dignity. By seeking to displace this protection and treating those
persons as living in marriages less respected than others, the
federal statute is in violation of the Fifth Amendment.”
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The Deconstruction
of Marriage
• Will not stop with SSM – “Equality” is the
cry already coming from
• Polygamists (Mormon fundamentalists, Muslims)
• Gov’t approves adulterous remarriages
• (Matt 19:9; Mk 6:17-18)
• More and more brethren do, too!
• Proponents of SSM & LGBT groups say there is
“no difference” & they want “equality”!
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Presidential Proclamation -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, 2013
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2013
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - A PROCLAMATION
For more than two centuries, our Nation has struggled to transform the ideals of liberty and equality from
founding promise into lasting reality. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans and their
allies have been hard at work on the next great chapter of that history—from the patrons of The Stonewall
Inn who sparked a movement to service members who can finally be honest about who they love to brave
young people who come out and speak out every day.
This year, we celebrate LGBT Pride Month at a moment of great hope and progress, recognizing that more
needs to be done. Support for LGBT equality is growing, led by a generation which understands that, in the
words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In the past year,
for the first time, voters in multiple States affirmed marriage equality for same-sex couples. State and local
governments have taken important steps to provide much-needed protections for transgender Americans.
My Administration is a proud partner in the journey toward LGBT equality. We extended hate crimes
protections to include attacks based on sexual orientation or gender identity and repealed “Don't Ask,
Don't Tell.” We lifted the HIV entry ban and ensured hospital visitation rights for LGBT patients. Together,
we have investigated and addressed pervasive bullying faced by LGBT students, prohibited discrimination
based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Federal housing, and extended benefits for same-sex
domestic partners. Earlier this year, I signed a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the implementation of
any VAWA-funded program. And because LGBT rights are human rights, my Administration is implementing
the first-ever Federal strategy to advance equality for LGBT people around the world.
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PRESDINTIAL PROCLAMATION - Continued
We have witnessed real and lasting change, but our work is not complete. I continue to support a fully
inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, as well as the Respect for Marriage Act. My
Administration continues to implement the Affordable Care Act, which beginning in 2014, prohibits
insurers from denying coverage to consumers based on their sexual orientation or gender identity, as
well as the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which addresses the disparate impact of the HIV epidemic
among certain LGBT sub-communities. We have a long way to go, but if we continue on this path
together, I am confident that one day soon, from coast to coast, all of our young people will look to the
future with the same sense of promise and possibility. I am confident because I have seen the talent,
passion, and commitment of LGBT advocates and their allies, and I know that when voices are joined
in common purpose, they cannot be stopped.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June
2013 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United
States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American
people.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord
two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
thirty-seventh. – BARACK OBAMA
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/03/presidential-proclamation-lgbt-pride-month
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The “Respect For
Marriage Act (RFMA)”
…is a proposed bill in the United States Congress that
would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and require
the U.S. federal government to recognize the validity
of same-sex marriages. It is supported by former U.S.
Representative Bob Barr, original sponsor of the
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and former
President Bill Clinton, who signed DOMA in 1996. The
administration of President Barack Obama also
supports RFMA.
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Consequences of the
“equality” position
• What is the definition of marriage then?
• If “equality” then what about “equality” for the:
• Polygamist?
• Polyamorist?
• Polyamory – “the state or practice of having more than one open
romantic relationship at a time” – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• Members of NAMBLA?
• Bestiality and other sexual depravity?
• The Bible defines marriage & says there is a
difference!
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Fornication Defined
Fornication - “Prostitution, unchastity,
fornication, of every kind of unlawful
intercourse.” (Walter Bauer, A Greek English Lexicon Of The New Testament and
Other Early Christian Literature, p. 693)
Adultery
Rom. 7:2, 3
Bestiality
Prostitution
Incest
Lesbianism
Homosexuality
Pedophilia
Concubinism
Polygamy
Polyamorism
Thayer says, “prop. of illicit sexual
intercourse in general” (p. 532).
Generally, the word “fornication” refers to
unlawful sexual intercourse of the
unmarried (in order to avoid fornication,
one is to marry - 1 Cor. 7:2-5). However, the
term is applied also to illicit sexual conduct
of married people (1 Cor. 5:1; Rev. 2:20).
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Quote by Dr. James
David Manning, PhD
God is the designer of pro-creation
Satan is the designer of no-creation
God is the designer of marriage
Satan is the designer of same sex-marriage
God is the designer of sexual gender
Satan is the designer of homosexuality
God is the designer of the family and church
Satan is the designer of chaos and confusion
http://atlah.org/2013/03/28/god-is-a-designer-of-pro-creation-satan-is-a-designer-of-no-creation/
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“Marriage”
“Abomination”
Male and
female
Homosexual
relations
Gen 1:27; 2:18-25
Gen 13:13; 19:4-7, 13
Lev 18:22; 20:13
Jude 7
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Honors God
Hebrews 13:4
Natural and
completing
Defiling
Against nature
Romans 1:26-27
Gen 1:27; 2:22-23
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Safeguards
Moral Purity
1 Cor 7:2-4
Protection
Prov 5:15-20
Prov 6:27-29
Flaunts Sin
Proliferates
fornication
1 Cor 6:9-10
1 Ths 4:3-7
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Balanced
Environment
Imbalanced
Exceptionalism
Godly
framework
of the family
Sinful reproach
of a nation
Psa 128:1-4
Prov 14:34
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Bedrock
of Society
Undoing
of Society
Adam and Eve
Well-rounded
development
Physiologically
Psychologically
Romans 1:27
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True Love
Counterfeit Love
Bible love is
pure, righteous,
rejoices in truth
Expresses lust
disguised as love
Self-interests
1 Cor 13:4-7
Eph 5:25-29
2 Tim 3:1-5
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Galatians 4:16
John? Mk 6:17-18
Paul? Rom 1:24-27 1
1 Cor 6:9-10
Gal 5:19-21
Col 3:5-7
Jesus? Jno 4:15-1; 8:3-11
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“Woe to those who
call evil good, and
good evil; Who put
darkness for light,
and light for
darkness; Who put
bitter for sweet, and
sweet for bitter!”
Isa. 5:20-23
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Proverbs 17:15
“He that justifieth the
wicked, and he that
condemneth the just,
even they both are
abomination to the
LORD”
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Conclusion
All Marriages Are Not Equal!
Will you Obey God or Man (Acts 5:29)?
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