The Reality of Homosexuality Part Two

State

While the state (government) has no legislation to make a particular sexual preference illegal, some would argue that to withhold the rights of marriage stand as a strong substitute. The harsh reality is that the laws of this land were written in a time when homosexual relations were extremely taboo to even think of privately. Though the founders of this country came seeking (in part) religious freedom, those ideal freedoms did not stretch beyond their religious influences.

What is more of a harsh reality is that their main influence was the bible which says that homosexuality is wrong (Leviticus 18:20:13; 22-23). This influence also makes reference that those who are led by the Holy Spirit are not subject to the law (Galatians 6:18 NIV).

So is it reasonable to deduct that if the initial laws of the land were based on biblical principles, then to obey biblical principles would keep one from trouble with the law? Thieves go to jail and/ or are fined. Statutory rapists have an especially extended stay in prison. Even adulterers have to deal with long, lengthy, expensive divorces. To lack financially, without freedom and without hope of making life better or at least with little hope of successful restoration is a stressful and uncomfortable way to live. Let’s not factor in the recession.

Yet, these are all consequences enacted and enforced by laws based on biblical principles. Truly, the correlation between following certain biblical principles and living comfortably free from the consequences of the law are blatant. These are consequences that society has grown accustomed to. It’s simply how things have always been.

So is it such as surprise that acting on something outside biblical principles runs into problems with the law? Is it such as surprise that the government will not grant marriages to gay and lesbian couples just as God didn’t in the bible? Is this the consequence for going against the natural design of man and wife? (Keeping in mind that the government didn’t create this physical dynamic between humans, but God. The government has simply followed the influences of the peoples preference.)

Is it much easier to blame government than God? Is the government wrong for using biblical principles as its skeleton? Or does this make God, himself, guilty of discrimination?

The bible says that God will not turn away anyone who seeks him (Jeremiah 29:13 NIV). It goes on to say that nothing can separate people from God’s love (Romans 8:31 NIV).

If that is true, then can a person reason that maybe the issue rest within self acknowledgment and accountability? How often do people ask hard questions such as these? Are people willing to face the answers?