According to the Bible, Homosexuality is a Sin.

Thank you for challanging me, I always like a debate that is pretty challenging. "I have debated this topic before, twice actually, but when a Christian comes along claiming that homosexuality is not a sin, I simply cannot pass up the opportunity for debate :) This is a topic that I have spent a decent amount of time looking into, and a topic that I feel very strongly about." LOL, no arguement against wanting a good debate about something you feel strongly about. After all isn't that the purpose of debate.org? "You said in your comments earlier that you believe homosexuality is wrong for christians. You also say it is a right for non-christians to be homosexual, and you will defend homosexuality for non-christians." This is true, because if you are a non-christian you have just as many rights as a Cchristian to do anything you want, within the law of the land you are in. Such as The US, and whatever state/county/town you are in. Thus if the law let those marry who wish to be married, who are we to stand in the way? It's not like banning homosexuals from marrying they wont "Lie with another man as thy lieth with a woman", so all arguements against it are void, for the moment unless you can refute that fact. People say "Well homosexuals CAN get marrid...just not to the person they want." Well if that's the case, let's all get an aranged marriage, ho cares if you love her, this is a girl the law says you can marry. See how rediculous that is, that is what homo-phobes sound like trying to keep homosexual couples from marrying? "I say that God speaks out blatently against homosexuality, and that He says in no uncertain terms that it is a blatent sin. Take for example the following scriptures:" Those scriptures may be true, but again we are talking about non-christians, no matter how many scriptures you type up, and show them, they are entitled to their own opinion, and their opinion may very well be that god doesn't exist, thus it wouldn't stop them from doing what they want. In the US man is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happieness. By denying them the right to marry who they want you are not allowing them the pursuit of happieness. Anyway if they get married how will that affect you at all? If your best friend is gay and never told you, and after 6 years of friendship, he tells you are you going to treat him differnetly? Will you not be his friend anymore? Will you recite bible verses to try and stop him from being gay? "I personally dont know how you could argue with that. The only thing you could bring up is that these were given in the Old Testament, and were therefore outdated with the institution of the covanent of grace." LOL, no that gets used to much around here, so I thought I'd use what I use against my father, who is homophbic, he has never come up with an arguement so I want to see the arguement against it. "Some would argue that these laws forbidding homosexuality were abolished with the laws that prohibitted playing with pigskin, wearing cotton-polyester blends, etc., however I do not think this is the case." Maybe so maybe not it doesn't matter, if I remember correcly we are debating no-christians right to marry whoever in the world they want. "In the Old Testament, if you played with pigskin, you were considered "unclean". This meant that nobody could touch you, and people had to generally avoid you. In order to fix this, you would have to go through a waiting period, and then undergo a ritual washing or cleansing. once this cleansing took place you were considered clean again." We are not talking about pigskin are we? On the plus side, I now have an arguement for why I hate football... "Once the covanent of grace (New Testament) replaced the convanent of works (Old Testament), the sacrament of baptism (New Testament) replaced the sacrament of circumcision (Old Testament)." So what you are saying is if you get babtised over and over again you can cleanse all your sins? I believe it is a one time only deal personally. Otherwise, the arguement has no place in this debate. "Once baptism was instituted, it abolished all of the laws that had to do with being "unclean". This is because baptism represents dying with Christ, and being washed in His blood; which is the ultimate cleansing." So are you saying that every time you sin you can just be baptised and be completely clean? Or are you saying that because god said that it is unclean for two men to lie together, that it is erased because of the new testament? I'm now confused on what side you are on. "There were certain laws, however, like the Ten Commandments and the laws concerning homosexuality. Why do I think this? Simply because homosexuality is also spoken against in the New Testament. Take these passages for example:" See now you are making sense. Again, I am not debating bible verses unless they pertain to non-christians, and every non-christian (or the vast majority at least) can agree with it. Thus the versus are void in our debate. If the debate was "Homo-sexuality is wrong for christians" than I would concede your point, but that's not what it is now is it? "I think we both know the defenition of "sodomite", or "sodomy". I think this will do for my opening argument! Thanks a bunch! Renzzy" Yes we both know, as I have said in the comments. I can't wait for your second round arguement.