Let me start off by apologizing if I'm putting this in the wrong part of the forum. This is something that's been bothering me for a while and I'm hoping to get some opinions. I support not only same sex marriage, but also the LGBT community in general. Can I still be a Christian despite this? I know that something such as same sex marriage directly goes against what's in the Bible (marriage being between one man and one woman). I'm really conflicted here. I feel guilty, but I can't change how I feel. Thanks for reading.
I get your confliction. It's a hard topic to bring up when this world is pumping up a mirage of what love actually is. It's two different distinct things causing the conflict (that goes for any time we are desiring to spread the gospel) 1. the fear that the approach on it with others is showing hatred to who they are. and 2. doubts that your understanding on God's stance on the topic may be wrong. The fact that your asking questions about how to approach it already show fruit and your desire to guide the people you love to the right path. You're being a fisher of men. That what God want. So lets break it down.
The structure of marriage is between man and woman. The point of marriage is to give God glory. Marriage illustrates the nature of God and the church. As women are to submit to their husbands, the church has to submit to God. As husbands are to be the head and authority and love their wives, God loves us so that he gave up his son. As husband and wives become one, we become one with God.As husband and wife have sex and bear children, the product of God's love are the fruits of the spirit. Literally, if you see a God-fearing married couple, it would be like witnessing God's love.
Because we are born in sin, alot of that design is skewed and ranges from lust of the flesh, to deformalities, whether physical or mental. Sometimes we are just born in it, sometimes its a generational curse, and sometimes we were conditioned, or a traumatic event happen that spiritually broke us, and leaves up open to spirits that are not of God.Historically head figures either use the brokeness of people to have them worship idols, or worship them as Gods, so idolatry, or to normalize it for personal gain.Like today, leaders who were suppose to rep God would shun those that they didn't see fit for God's kingdom. This is why Jesus often had to shut down the Pharisees and cater to those who were outcasts, that weren't clean, or weren't able to produce children, or were widows. Jesus wanted us to know that despite our sinful nature and the situations it brought us, that he love us and once we repent and deny our sinful nature, and believe in Him, we are made whole, and our lives change.That's the good news that we were commission to share.God wants us to know what love truly is in this life and eternal life. These self- identities blocks us for understanding who we truly are and how impactful and valuable our lives are to God, and these laws just strengthen that deception.
Approach to them with the desire to guide them through the heart of God. Like how we are educated in the Word and guided by the Spirit, the same in educating them deeply of what God say and the importance of keeping the Word, and guide them with compassion, empathy, and grace. The LGBT community have seen so much of the heart of man, that its hard for them to listen and comprehend the heart of God.
Yes, there are clear scriptures like for any other sin that it totally points that its wrong, so it wouldn't make sense to support it. But, with any kid that love to ask the " but why?" follow-up question, the harsh "because I say so" answer will never lead a child to an understanding and strong conviction on things.
Here's a great article on how to address those of LGBT-community, its a good read:
9 Ways to Reach Out to a Gay-Identified Friend