7 Bible Quotes In Support Of Same Sex Relationships

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Popular YouTube lesbian vlogger Arielle Scarcella is back with a slightly different video this week that takes a look at what the Bible really has to say about same-sex relationships.

In "7 Bible Quotes In Support Of Same Sex Relationships," Scarcella is joined by openly gay and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activist Matthew Vines for some expert perspective. Vines, who recently released his book God and the Gay Christian, is perhaps best known for the viral YouTube video "The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality."

"Sexual orientation is a pretty new concept," Vines notes in the above video. "Christians in the past tended to see same-sex behavior as a vice of excess like gluttony or drunkenness, not as a sexual orientation that can be expressed in loving, committed ways. So Christians don't have to reject their faith's tradition in order to accept same-sex relationships."

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Some of the arguments are fine, some could be better.

Re the whole "sexual orientation and the notion of the word homosexual didn't even exist" argument:

Clearly, homosexual acts existed, since there is explicit reference to them.

They get the context right for the Sodom story, but don't really give context for any other reference. In I Kings 14:24, for example, you have a reference to male temple prostitutes. This raises the question of whether the prohibition was related to avoiding idolatry and fertility rites.

They also didn't mention that there are positive references to same-sex relationships which are not explicitly sexual. It was accepted that David and Jonathan, and Ruth and Naomi, could love each and be fully committed to each other and even embrace.