dosen't mean it's right. Say all you want, it's still wrong. Why dosen't the Bible just say instead that "Homosexuality is not an abomanation at all"? why does it go to say it's an abomanation? Why even call it that if it's ok?
Because, an abomination isn't the same thing as you might imagine it as an English speaker as it was meant to the Israelites. The same word in Hebrew is also translated into "unclean" in English. So, the idea is that anything that makes one unclean is an abomination in the eyes of God.
This not only would include homosexuality, but not washing your hands before you eat (I keep writing these things and no one ever seems to notice). Even though, washing your hands has practical purposes on Earth it isn't something one has to worry about spiritually. God gave these laws to Moses so that the Hebrews would know how to live and so that they might be able to control themselves better rather than giving into their inner animal.
But, these aren't the Laws of God like in the sense that the Pharisees saw them as. These are the Laws of men as Jesus pointed out in Mark 7.
You and no one else can answer those questions, the only thing you can do is pull up verses where it says "it's an abomination for a man to wear women's close and a women to wear man's" and then say, we do that anyway so......
I have just now, as I have on other threads.
It's an abomination to eat pork, shell fish, using systems of measure instead of the Hebrew system (American Standard and Metric would both be dishonest), shaving your beard, etc. All are abominable in the eyes of God. Yet, it doesn't make rational sense that we strictly follow these laws, does it?
If it's so hard to obey God how 'bout we just throw it all out the window. Might as well take it a step further cause that's where it's gunna go sooner or later. It's gunna progress to inappropriate behavior with animals and pedophilia
Don't you think that you're just being a little paranoid by assuming too much? Homosexuality
might be offensive to God, but the problem with being sure about this type of thing is in trying to understand which of the Laws of Leviticus are still applicable to Christians today and which aren't.
In ANY CASE, you still can't use your faith to stop others from getting married. Paul in 1 Cor. 5:12 "What business of mine is it to judge others outside the church?" If they're not in your faith, you have no right to tell them what to do. However, for those who are Christian, you do have the right to tell them that what they're doing is wrong. This way you can build them up and remove stumbling blocks for them.
But, those who don't share your faith won't care because thier motivation to do what's "moral" isn't the same as yours. You're only pushing others
away from your faith when you use it to control them. This is why gay-marriage shouldn't be banned. It causes those who aren't Christian to view Christians as being controlling, intolerant,
hateful, and generally evil in their eyes. If you don't have family and relatives who aren't Christian and even have some 'justified' hatred towards them then you wouldn't know. But, I do and I know how many do use their faith to justify acts of hatred towards others.
For instance, outright calling another person's religion a "lie" and that their loved ones are ALL going to Hell in such an insulting manner as you make NO attempts at being tactful, is one big hot-button with people. Yet, the
wrong people take it upon themselves to be spokes-persons of Christ and thus making things harder for those to make genuine attempts at reaching others outside of Christendom.
Another point I want make about the wrong people, is a serious health issue which affects the "Bible Belt" of America. It is within these states that conservative thinking manages to get the most support. Yet, it is also within these states that many STD's are at it's worst. Additionally, it's also where obesity is affects Americans the most.
The whole point of abstaining from gluttony and pre-marital sex is so that we don't allow ourselves to act like animals and live in a society where we can't trust eachother. Yet, many Christians seem unable to control themselves, especially when they're young. How many of us are aware of those who are sexually immoral or are gluttons and yet still strongly oppose gay marriage? We know that some of us have no right to place judgement on others, but we do it anyways for our own selfish reasons.
This is why we can't tell others who don't have the same faith as us what to do, especially when it comes to using our own faith as justification. If you believe that the Bible has authority over our lives, then you know you can't keep non-Christians from doing what they think is right, unless they're causing you harm. Using your faith to correct the behavior of those outside of your faith immoral according to our own Scripture. As Christians, we can only correct the behavior of other Christians.