One in four gay voters chose to re-elect President George W. Bush. The exit poll numbers “stunned and baffled many gay activists,” according to the gay New York Blade (Nov 12). But many rank-and-file gay people were not so stunned. The Blade reported that gay voters say their backing of the President “has miffed some…
“Homosexuality: A review of recent medical research papers” by Kenneth V. Dodgson, The Inspiriter, Summer/Fall 2003. “Choosing Life” by Gerald Bray, Modern Reformation, September/October, 2004.
“Husbands and Wives: What gay marriage won’t change” by Tod Lindberg, The Weekly Standard, August 2, 2004. “Justly Protecting Marriage” by Bob De Moor, The Banner, May 2004. “The Prohibition of Gay Marriage” by Collin Hansen, christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2004/jul15.html
On August 3, voters in Missouri easily passed a state constitutional amendment to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples Antigay activists in Ohio and North Carolina claim to have enough signatures to put the same sort of antigay constitutional amendment on their state ballots this fall. According to Tony Perkins, a spokesperson for the Religious Right’s…
A little under half of American evangelical Christians (48%) “say a candidate’s support for gay marriage would disqualify him from getting their votes.” This finding was reported in the “Go Figure” feature in the June issue of Christianity Today, It was also reported that only 44% of evangelicals give Jerry Falwell a “favorable” rating while…
Opposition to same-sex marriage is bipartisan. Both President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry oppose marriage for gay couples. They each support a constitutional amendment to ban such marriages (Bush supports a proposed Federal ban and Kerry supports a proposed Massachusetts state ban.) But each also says that he favors some other legal arrangements…
The Truth About Same-Sex Marriage by Erwin W. Lutzer (Moody Publishers, 2004, 115 pp.). “Love Supreme: Gay nuptials and the making of modern marriage” by Adam Haslett, The New Yorker, May 31, 2004.
“The court’s logic is persuasive.” So began The New York Times editorial in support of the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision that applies the rights and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples. Said the Times: “The ban [against gay marriage] is simply about prejudice, the court concluded, much like state laws barring interracial marriage, which lasted…
“The Gay Embrace” by James M. Kushiner, Touchstone, May 2003. “The Folly of Racism, Then; Of Sexual Liberation, Now” by Russell D. Moore, SBC Life, October 2003. “Biblical Marriage” by William G. Johnsson, Adventist Review, October 2003.
“The Gay Dilemma,” by J. Lee Grady, Charisma, October 2003. “The Marriage Amendment,” by The Editors, First Things, October 2003. “Sowing Confusion,” by Charles Colson, Christianity Today, October 2003.