FACEOFF POLL: Should homosexual couples be allowed to marry?

God loves them but not there choices they are making concerning marriage.
God made Adam & Eve which was man & woman! Not a man for man or woman for woman! I pray each day for them to realize what they're doing & the kind of example they're showing to other people and realize they too can find the Lord as their personal Saviour if they want to. God Bless!
Wanda Shrout, Pastor's wife
Antioch Church of God

I also dislike homosexuality, but I dare not assume to pass Gods judgement on them. Remember, you are also in the Lords flock and you must serve and not assume that you know the Lords will. I don't want to see or approve of gays, but you must allow others to live as they choose. You must realize that being Gay may not be a choice, but just how some people are wired. Do you assume that God may not love or approve of them until they see the error of thier ways? You may guide them and advise them, but don't turn them away. I pray the Lord may open your eyes and show you to love and not shun others. Don't let others convince you that they are Gods henchmen, or they speak for him. Christianity is about love thy neighbor, not to control them. You should welcome them to your church and treat them like any other member, or is your congregation open only to those who pass your standards?

I feel very strongly about this issue. I feel it shouldn't be an issue. I just don't understand why everyone feels they have the right to choose who people should spend the rest of their lives with. I don't believe that homosexuals choose to be that way, why would they? Why choose to be an outsider and to be discriminated against your entire life? It's not easy! It's the way they were born and we, as free Americans, have no right to decide their life for them. They should be able to marry and to have children and to live their lives as any other married couple would. It's ok for a man and a woman who hardly know each other to get married, and then spend the states money to get a divorce a month later, but gays who have been together for 20 years can't get married?? Theres something wrong with that. God loves everyone and anyone who thinks differently should really evaluate themselves. I think God made everyone different so that we would learn to accept and love people who are not like us. I guess some people haven't realized that yet. It's a shame. I am confident that one day people will all live equally, the way God intended. I may not live to see it, but it will happen.

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