Why Say #Lovewins with the News about SCOTUS’s Decision on Same-sex Marriage?

On Friday, June 26, 2015, a 5-4 SCOTUS struck down state bans on same-sex marriage nationwide. Millions voiced their approval of the verdict on social media using the hastag #lovewins. So, I ask myself, “What’s love got to do with it?”
Love is a powerful word, but hardly something that is omnipotent, good, and pure. Simply because we love a person, place, or thing does not mean our affections are leading us in the right direction. Many Christians have been instructed: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (1 John 2:15, ESV). Solomon, the wisest Old Testament saint, loved many women, but they led him astray, leading him into detestable pagan practices, and leaving him with only a half-hearted devotion to the Lord (1 Kings 11:1-8).

If #lovewins it is because God is love and God demonstrates to us the way to love.

Something Christians can own up to is that on account of the fall, we are all sexually broken in some way. If it is not homosexuality, it is something else (adultery, masturbation, polygamy, polyandry, sadomasochism, bestiality, etc.)

Homosexual activity is undeniably condemned in Scripture (Lev. 18:22, 20:13; Rom. 1:26-27; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; 1 Tim. 1:10). It is far too constraining upon the biblical text to suggest these only apply to specific types of same-sex unions (e.g. ancient pagan cult prostitution, the purported acts of pederasty in the Greek teacher-student relationship, etc.). Paul, in particular, is more likely condemning all sexual immorality, which includes same-sex unions in whatever form they take place.

All people are in sin but Christ has come to redeem us and restore us to what was intended from the beginning. God does set parameters around our lives so that we can truly live in this world. But, if love can be connected with anything good and pure, it is manifested in God’s appearance in this world to show us the way.

~ WGN

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