Four sets of passages Sodom: Gen 19 & Gibeah: Judges 19 Levitical texts – 18, 20 Romans 1 Lists of sins – 1 Cor 6; 1 Tim 1

What are we for? For relationship with God For male/female diversity For diversity in unity For a union of diversity The context? - fallen

Women Men 0.8% 1.6%Gay/Lesbian Identity

Women Men 11% 1.2%2.3% 4.5% 2%0.9% 0.8% 1.6% SSA SSO Gay/Lesbian Identity SSO = Same Sex Orientation SSA = Same Sex attraction

Root Causes Possible Necessary Influences Sexual Attraction BehaviourIdentity Fallen body Sinful Heart Relationships Peers Parents Sexual experiences Effeminate temperament Low sense of masculinity Unsatisfied need for male relationships Particular homosexual behaviour Auto erotic Interpersonal Real Virtual Gay Lesbian Bisexual Broken but redeemed by Christ Involuntary Interactive InvoluntaryVoluntary Involuntary Voluntary OR? Ref – Prof Sam Williams

Today’s structures of thought Decline of gender differences Technologisation of reproduction Normalisation of extra marital sex Revisionist definition of marriage Assumption homosexuals are born Freedom equals – do anything

What is marriage? What is it for? 1.For a union which is heterosexual 2.For companionship 3.For a purpose beyond itself 4.For the birth and rearing of children 5.For an insight into God

Some consequences of SS marriage Sever relationship marriage to children Right of child to mother AND father Hides value of procreational union & biological family unit Persons to object Increased role of government Normalisation of Homosexuality