On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. Although four justices dissented, the majority sided with the perceived surge of public opinion in favor of same-sex marriage. As the implications of this ruling filter through the country, conservative Christians, who still hold to biblical guidelines concerning marriage, feel the mounting pressure to adjust their views to conform to culture. Perhaps the wave of criticism has caused you to rethink your views. If so, let me offer some analysis for a few seemingly persuasive arguments.

Argument 1 – The Bible doesn’t speak often about homosexuality, and people always refer to the same verses. 

Interestingly, this argument actually concedes that the Bible does speak about homosexuality. How many times does a topic need to be addressed in order for it to be considered prevalent? The threshold seems intentionally vague. The topic of homosexuality appears in Scripture a number of times: Genesis 19:5-8, Leviticus 18:22-23, Leviticus 20:13, Judges 19:22, 1 Kings 14:24, 1 Kings 15:12, 1 Kings 22:46, Romans 1:24, 26, 27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:9, 10. That certainly seems like enough references to draw a clear opinion. This argument implies that Scripture must contain multiple references to a topic in order to be accurate or trustworthy. We cannot judge accuracy based on frequency. All Scripture is inspired by God.