Biblical passages against ho.mose.xuality do not provide a compelling argument against gay marriage (for reasons I can not go into here).
Not exact matches
But actions have consequences, and if they are going to contribute to an organization that is actively working to get discriminatory legislation passed, they should expect the group being discriminated
against — and anyone else that opposes discrimination, whether gilded in
biblical passages or not — to respond accordingly.
But as you mentioned with # 2 and # 4, there are
biblical passages that offer support for loving, redemptive, discipline and for controlled anger
against sin.
We noted that one of the criticisms directed
against Schweitzer was that he formulated his position at the beginning of his studies and then regarded as authentic only the
biblical passages which supported it.
If you believe in
Biblical literacy and the infallibility of the Bible's writers, then those
passages you quote and many others in the N.T. are indeed hard to understand, even after two thousand years of examination and discussion — at least without developing some fantastic theology that goes completely
against God and nature.