A BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE ON MARRIAGE AND SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS APOLOGISTS

Marriage has been given to humanity by God to practice coexistence, the state of two beings functioning as one entity. The glue used to make coexistence hold together long enough that mental bonds are formed is the sexual gratification of the flesh. The binding of this relationship is further established through rearing children as a visible model of the spiritual birth and maturation process. And here is where the logic of same-sex partnerships runs counter to the laws of God: spiritual heirs of God are not reared by two mothers, or two fathers, but by one mother (the Church) and by one Father (God). Therefore, within the Church, marriage is always between a woman and a man and it is for life. This article articulates the Anglican Diocese of Bondo position on Biblical marriage and Same-Sex Partnerships.