Tripp York

Someone I Love is Gay?! (As Weezer states, “Say it ain’t so-oh-whoah-whoah-oh”)

“Are Christians supposed to employ the Christian side-hug on homosexuals or just not touch them at all?” I’ll be honest, I thought it was a legitimate question. I mean, given the amount of literature on curing homosexuality that my local LifeWay Bookstore carries I assumed the clerk would have an answer. “Are you trying to […]

Joel James Shuman

Just Desires?

Same Sex Marriage? A Christian Ethical Analysis. By Marvin M. Allison. Pilgrim, 198 pp., $24.00. MARVIN ELLISON introduced his treatment of same-sex marriage not with a consideration of the history or theology of the Christian practice of marriage, but with a wide-ranging account of marriage law and social theory. Although this approach is not without merit, […]

James W. Skillen

Same-Sex "Marriage" is Not a Civil Right

A gay-marriage advocate in Boston explained to a radio reporter that marriage is a civil matter, not a church affair. Those who want church weddings can have them, but marriage is a matter of civil law. And since it is unconstitutional to deny equal civil rights to citizens, it is unconstitutional to deny to homosexual […]

Peter Sprigg

Why Limiting Marriage to One Man and One Woman Does not Impose a Single Religious Perspective

Many observers of the current debates over homosexual “marriage” assume that the only real reason anyone would oppose it is because of religious convictions—specifically, those informed by the teachings of the Christian Bible on the subjects of marriage and homosexuality. However, enacting such a religious definition of marriage into law is taken by some as […]

“Citizens for Public Justice” (Toronto ON)

Legal Equality: A Public Justice Response to Discrimination Against Gays and Lesbians

Legal Equality: A public justice response to discrimination against gays and lesbians is an exploration of how Christians, as a people called to justice, mercy, and faithfulness, can respond to the difficult issue of discrimination against gays and lesbians. Drawing extensively on the principles and founding documents of Citizens for Public Justice, “Legal Equality” maps […]