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Originally posted by clavus
Where in the Bible does Jesus state that marriage is between one man and one woman? For that matter, where in Genesis does it imply that it is between one man and one woman? I'd like to read the verses.
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Genesis 2:23-34
The man said, 'This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh'...For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will become one flesh.
So, it seems that male/female pairs are the way things are intended to be
BUT ...
Genesis 2:18
it is not good for the man to be alone
If someone has no heterosexual feelings, and it is not good for the man to be alone, then shouldn't the logical conclusion be that a homosexual relationship that brings two people together rather than leave them alone would be more in accordance with God's will?
Matthew 19:4-6
And He [Jesus] answered and said to them, Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning “made them male and female,” and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?” So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.
Here, Jesus reiterates the word of God.
Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
18:29
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
18:30
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
On thew other hand, Leviticus seems to make a much less amibuous statement in regard to same-sex relationships.
Don't assume that my quotations from the bible imply belief in the text, I'm one of the Godless heathens who believes that it's mainly a work of fiction. I'm just giving the information that was requested.