The debate surrounding same-sex marriage made headlines again today in Canada as a gay couple has been barred from entering the U.S. The "couple" has one man who is Canadian, the other is an American. They have been residing in Wisconsin and when they tried to re-enter the U.S. after visiting Canada, the Canadian was barred from entering the U.S. for 5 years. Certainly, the media is sympathetic to this couple. While residing in Wisconsin, this couple adopted a three year old boy who they are raising amidst their homosexual relationship.
However, as Christians, how should we respond to this? Should the federal government recognize same-sex marriage? The answer is no. The reason why is first of all, because the law of God forbids homosexuality. It is sinful to participate in, desire, and frankly, endorse homosexual relations. Likewise, it should be against the law (and common sense) to allow a homosexual couple, whether "married", male or female, etc. to adopt any child. Is it not unnatural that two men are the "fathers" of a child. Of course, you do not have to be an anotomy professor to figure that out.
It ought to grieve us to see our governments slowly giving into this homosexual agenda. In Canada, same-sex marriage is legal, and this is certainly not pleasing to God. In the U.S., in 1996, the federal government defined marriage as a "union between one man and one woman." Individual states are attempting to overturn that, such as the state of Massachusetts.
Now to where the rubber hits the road. Should the Federal government forbid homosexual marriage? I already answered yes, according to the revealed and eternal law of God. Those who hold to the NL2Kt (natural law, two kingdoms theology), would have to argue that natural law, which is written on everyone's mind, might forbid homosexual marriage. However, do homosexuals realize that the natural law written on their minds forbids their own lifestyles? After all, don't all people have consciences? What about a restraint of sin by the Holy Spirit?
The fact of the matter is that this homosexual couple does not have the ability to rightly interpret "natural law". After all, they are totally depraved and spiritually and morally dead. Seeking to have unbelievers (or even believers) live their lives interpreting "natural law" is like trying to nail jello to the wall. It doesn't work. Okay, so maybe we can agree that unbelievers will not rightly interpret natural law. What about believers? If natural law is, as I have had it explained to me, and as I have heard Dr. D. Van Drunen allude to being, "pretty much the same as the ten commandments", then why did God ever give the 10 commandments. So that Israel would not forget them? How could they? They are written on their minds and there to be used to guide them in living in the world (just not in the church).
This debate about homosexuality is just another example of how the nl2kt leaves one in a quicksand of relativistic sovereignty, giving the the unregenerate power that he does not have, namely, the power to assess and apply the law of God written upon his mind.
The B-I-B-L-E, yes that's the book for me and it should be as well for those whom God has appointed as leaders in this world.
