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February 9, 2010
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Same-Sex Marriage
Below is Christianity Today's coverage of and response to the same-sex marriage debate.


Is The Gay Marriage Debate Over?
What the battle for traditional marriage means for Americans—and evangelicals.
Mark Galli

Looking for a 'Serious' Conversation
The Newsweek religious case for gay marriage is mostly an attempt to marginalize the opposition. A Christianity Today editorial

Let No Law Put Asunder
A constitutional amendment defending marriage is worth the effort.

No 'Poster Boy'
Rick Warren draws criticism for distancing himself from Proposition 8.
More opinion

CT CLASSIC
What God Hath Not Joined
Why marriage was designed for male and female.
More opinion

A Latter-day Alliance
Evangelicals, once uncomfortable with Romney, unite with Mormons on gay marriage ban.
More on the battle in the courts and legislatures

Civil Unions: Would a Marriage by any Other Name Be the Same?
Some theologically conservative Christians support civil unions and remain opposed to same-sex marriage.
More Related Issues


 
Editorials—Where we stand
Let No Law Put Asunder
A constitutional amendment defending marriage is worth the effort.
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The Next Sexual Revolution
By practicing what it preaches on marriage, the church could transform society.
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Mortified in Vancouver
A church's actions can be in conflict with its professed faith only so long before faithful Christians wonder how much hypocrisy they can stand.
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Just Married?
God makes marriage a sacred invasion of privacy.
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Reforming Sex by Rolodex
Trying to influence the church by influencing society through the mass media may be effective, but it's bad ecclesiology
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More opinion
Up for Debate
Publicly arguing for traditional marriage is worth it even if I don't change many minds.
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Banning Gay Marriage Is Not The Answer
Legal actions aren't loving if they're all we do, says the author of Loving Homosexuals as Jesus Would.
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What God Hath Not Joined
Why marriage was designed for male and female.
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Societal Suicide
Legalizing gay marriage will lead to more family breakdown and crime.
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Why Not Gay Marriage?
If people believe marriage is just an invention, then they will feel free to change it, redefine it, or even discard it.
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Weblog: Gay Marriage Ends (For Now)
Plus: Archbishop of Canterbury calls for politicians to "admit error or miscalculation" on Iraq.
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Speaking Out: Why Gay Marriage Would Be Harmful
Institutionalizing homosexual marriage would be bad for marriage, bad for children, and bad for society.
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Speaking Out: The Supreme Court Rejects Natural Law
It's now up to the churches to guard what is "graven on the heart of man."
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The battle in the courts and legislatures
Gay Marriage Issue May Rally Dispirited Evangelical Voters
Activist leaders say Republican Party has done little for "values voters."
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Thinking Straight
Court decisions cheer opponents of same-sex marriage.
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Gay Marriage Roadblocks
California Supreme Court voids San Francisco unions as a federal judge says the Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional.
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Weblog: Federal Marriage Amendment Doesn't Even Make It to a Senate Vote
Religious activist groups respond. Plus: Clive Calver resigns as World Relief president, and other stories from online sources around the world.
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Weblog: Which Federal Marriage Amendment?
Plus: Church of England rejects "heresy trials," Narnia actors revealed, Va. prosecutor criticized for acting on his faith, and other stories from online sources around the world.
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Weblog: Federal Marriage Amendment Reworded to Allow Civil Unions
Plus: Time profiles Rick Warren, Christian Coalition reportedly not paying its bills, and other stories from online sources around the world.
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Amending Marriage
Christians in Massachusetts are playing catch-up to protect the age-old institution.
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Weblog: Bush Endorses Federal Marriage Amendment
Plus: Are gays going back into the closet? And many other articles on gay marriage and related topics.
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Massachusetts Court Backs Gay Marriage
Christians say gay activists will overturn marriage laws
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'A Man and a Woman'
Activists say the Federal Marriage Amendment will be the defining issue in the next election.
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Weblog: The End of Traditional Marriage?
Religious activists say Massachusetts decision is monumental—and may be cause for revolt.
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Sowing Confusion
One small ruling for Texas; one giant leap into a cultural abyss.
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The Marriage Battle Begins
Profamily and gay activists agree: Texas decision sets significant precedent.
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Weblog: As Another Canadian Province Allows Same-Sex Marriage, Religious Groups Seek Supreme Court Appeal
British Columbia court joins Ontario in allowing same-sex marriage
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Weblog: Ontario Court Throws Out Marriage Definition
Plus: A teacher fights to evangelize kids after school, church attacked in India, and other stories from online sources around the world.
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Weblog: British Columbia Allows Same-Sex Marriages
Plus: The National Day of Prayer, Church arsenic poisoning case ruled a homicide, and links to other stories from online sources around the world.
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Marriage in the Dock
Massachusetts case on gay marriage could set off chain reaction.
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Christian Conservatives Split on Federal Marriage Amendment
Law would protect marriage from courts, but legislatures could still extend marital benefits to same-sex unions.
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Marriage Laws Embroil Legislatures
New Englanders push for domestic-partner benefits.
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Churches Divided Over Amsterdam's Same-Sex Weddings
April 1 midnight ceremony said to be world's first official gay wedding.
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Weblog: A Defense of Marriage Act
America's major Christian bodies defend "God's first institution"
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Weblog: Dutch Parliament Says Gay Marriages Are Equal to Straight Ones
Netherlands approves equality for gay marriages
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Vermont House Approves Civil Unions for Homosexual Couples
Amended bill defines 'marriage' as heterosexual
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Marriage Savers
California churches crucial in Prop. 22 debate.
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States Consider Laws on Same-Sex Unions
California to vote on 'limit on marriage' in March


Maine Repeals Homosexual Rights Law
Christian Coalition energized by close vote.


State Lawmakers Scramble to Ban Same-Sex Marriages
Lawmakers in at least 23 states this year are expected to address the controversial issue of whether unions between homosexual couples should be legally recognized.
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Related Issues
Pick Your Shibboleths Wisely
Do we really want to be known as the generation who gave marriage over to the government?
| posted 09/20/2004

Weblog: On First Day of Legal Gay Marriages, Opponents Take a Moment of Silence
Opponents of gay marriage will largely sit out protests today, and urge others not to vilify homosexuals.
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Rainbow Coalitions
African American, Hispanic pastors lead the charge against gay marriage.
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Civil Unions: Would a Marriage by any Other Name Be the Same?
Some theologically conservative Christians support civil unions and remain opposed to same-sex marriage.
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Weblog: GOP Ticket Seems to Give Thumbs Up to Gay Unions
Cheney supports gay unions
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Same-Sex Rites Cause Campus Stir
Marriage-minded homosexual college students are finding that their university chapels are in some cases off-limits for same-sex-union ceremonies

From Our Sister Publications
Same-Sex Marriage: What Can I Say?
Four pastors discuss the pressures and opportunities of the current controversy.


A Marriage Revolution
Same-sex marriage makes perfect sense—if you buy North American culture's take on sex and marriage.
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Let Us Not Set Asunder
The threat of gay marriage challenges Christians to defend older, better definitions of marriage. But what are those definitions, and how did they develop?
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