Level 4
STATEMENT AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
Statement Dishonorable Passions Indicate All Same-Sex Acts Are Prohibited
Dr. Brownson states that according to ancient views, a man dishonored the other man when he required the other man to play the role of a female. Therefore Dr. Brownson concludes that when Paul writes about dishonor he is prohibiting excessive acts where one man forces himself upon another (passive) man and forces him to play the role of a woman. Verse 26a reads, “For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions.” (Bold added.) This verse states specifically that the passions were dishonorable. Since the passion which desires to engage in sex with a person of the same sex is dishonorable, it is clear that all sex acts between members of the same sex are prohibited. Therefore, contrary to Dr. Brownson, the man with the passions, the sexual drive and desire to engage in the sex act is the one who owns the dishonor, not the passive man, the one who played the role of the female. This is a very important distinction. Unless someone can show that something has been missed here, this is a very serious error in his argument used to support accepting same-sex marriage.
Response
A response advocating same-sex marriage is needed.