In the last several months, we have seen an explosion of news regarding the legalization of same-sex unions. These stories are the clear effort of the secular media to whittle away the natural definition of marriage. There is a powerful, anti-family agenda, which seems to be picking up steam and leaving in its wake a disfigured view of our human sexuality. This agenda seems to be inextricably moving toward the goal of normalizing homosexuality and same-sex unions. But how did we arrive at this point? If the nature of marriage is so evident from the truth of the male and female body—why are there so many people lobbying for the legalization of same-sex unions as a proof of both the fairness and the progress of our society? While the majority of Americans are innately certain that marriage can only exist between one man and one woman, it seems that we Christians are, nevertheless, losing the battle to defend the natural definition of marriage. How should we respond?
Our greatest problem in the debate regarding same-sex unions is that we don’t know how to enter the arena of dialogue. Our fatal error is that we are failing to make our presence felt in the debate. Simply stated: we are not showing up for the discussion! (more...)
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