Fishes and Furs and Danny Trejo

 

A common challenge brought up by the anti-gay religious goes like this; "Show me a gay relationship in the Bible or anything that affirms it?" 

First, you are asking me to prove what isn't written, what you believe is proving your point in some way if I can't. I'll turn it around and show me a clear chapter and verse stating; "Man and woman becoming one flesh AND ALL ELSE IS NOT ALLOWABLE." The burden of proof is on you to show me they aren't allowed, with what isn't written, because YOU are the one saying these gay relationships are forbidden from the start. You'll then have to admit you're making the Genesis narrative that was only a narrative into a Biblical edict for every man and woman to follow, forever, and reading between the lines of Matthew 19 what isn't there with making up a Biblical prohibition out of a Biblical silence. The Bible is also silent on the early Bible patriarch's practice of having concubines, historically arranged marriages without love or heterosexual anal sex.

Second, In situations like these when there is Biblical silence on a topic, what is either permissible or what is not permissible to us with iffy borders, it should be decided by the test if it breaks the Royal Law of love or if it harms, hurts, or exploits. Fur-wearing and fish hatcheries are two examples the Bible says nothing about but is clear with what we are to decide on it. Fur-wearing caters to one's vanity, it's also a status symbol of the rich that gives a bad message to unbelievers when Jesus was no fan of the rich, not to mention the horrific conditions these animals live in that make us not good shepherds over these creatures. This is not a permissible practice. Fish hatcheries give a chance for a fish population to grow from the greed of overharvesting, it's good for the environment, nothing is harmed or exploited, this is being a good shepherd over these creatures. This is permissible practice. Gay relationships hurt or harm no one with two people finding loving companionship. No one is exploited, or forced, and the rule of Royal Law is kept. This is permissible. 

3rd, We as Christians have been given the power by Christ to "Bind" or to "Loose" (Matt. 16:19) on subjects coming before respective Church leaders, subjects the churches have never needed to address before when a judgment call needed to be made. What is decided by them with these subjects on Earth, Heaven will respect. This autonomy was given to the Jews (Matt. 23:3), and Christ gave it to the Christian elders who sit at the "Seat of Moses" with the body of believers they lead in agreement (Acts 15:22). 

When church bodies decide the affirmative on issues of homosexuality only now coming before them (acceptance, marriage, ordination), it is loosed in Heaven. Some church bodies still "bind" on homosexuality and that is fine, they have that power on Earth that WILL be respected in Heaven, but this is not binding to those church bodies that loose acceptance. As far as I know, I'm the only one who put this little apologetics gem in relevance to the Church with homosexuality. Let someone else run with it in more depth.

The Bible is clear that marriage was made for us, not us made for the "institution" of marriage.