Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Sexual Ethics”
Our Bible verse for today: “They are a nation without sense; there is no discernment in them. If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!” Deuteronomy 32:28-29 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “The long-term impact of same-sex marriage on society cannot be good.”
In some respects it’s impossible to accurately forecast what the long-term impact of legalized same-sex marriage will have on our society. However since it’s obviously contrary to the expressed will of God we have to conclude that the impact will be bad. But how bad and in what ways remains to be seen.
Historically virtually all societies have recognized the value and importance of the traditional family structure. When a father, mother, and children constitute a stable family unit it creates a safe and nurturing environment for children to grow; the more of those family units that exist in a society, the stronger and more stable that society tends to be. That’s simple, observable, and well documented history and the vast majority of sociological studies conducted on the issue have confirmed it.
Dr. Glenn Stanton, the director of Global Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family, writes that despite the high divorce rate among heterosexual couples in America, marriage between a man and a woman is still by far the most stable home environment for children. He notes that in Scandinavia, perhaps the most gay-friendly place in the world, studies have revealed that relationships between same-sex male’s break- up at twice the rate of heterosexual marriages, and same-sex female relationships break-up at twice the rate of male/male pairings. Although everyone can point to some same-sex relationships which have endured, the research is conclusive that overall, same-sex relationships break-up at a rate far higher than heterosexual relationships. Therefore same-sex family structures in general provide an unstable environment in which to raise children.
It will probably be another fifty years before accurate assessments can be conducted to determine what impact the legalization of same-sex marriage ultimately had on our society. But of course by then it will be too late, the impact will have already occurred. Because legalized same-sex marriage is something entirely new in the history of the human race, there simply is no historical precedent we can study which can be used to help us gauge where this is likely to lead or what effect it will have on society.
What we do know is that same-sex marriage is contrary to God’s design and therefore the outcome cannot be good. Tomorrow we will consider the transgender / transsexual issue.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 