Gay Marriage and GODS love for his Children

Pro is arguing with a lot of passion. I can see this subject is a fairly sensitive issue, so I will proceed to build my case as respectfully as I can. I need Pro (and the voter) to understand that I have agreed to argue a case against Gay marriage from a religious stand point. We are not arguing about legal rights or civil law. Hence the title:" Gay Marriage and God's love for his Children."To begin my argument, I would like to unpack the reason behind God's design for heterosexual marriage. -The Bible describes the creation of Mankind in Genesis Chapter 1. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:27-28 ESV) We can see by the creation passage that God created two types of Human beings, unique in Gender. The passage even gives a basic description behind the reason for gender. "Be fruitful and multiply". It is not a mystery, that God has created two genders for this purpose. Now, it would be easy to argue:" That's just sex. It does not mention marriage, no monogamy, nor sexual orientation". Correct. It does not. Let's read further. Genesis Chapter 2 is the first mention of marriage. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2:23-25 ESV) Watch out for the word "therefore". Another translation is "for this reason". Well, why is that word significant? It's significant because it defines the passage that came before. God made the woman from the man. For this reason, a man will leave his parents and be (re) joined with his wife. One of the symbols of holy marriage, is the joining of the flesh. God wants us to remember how we where made, by making a tradition of a man and a woman joining. By this criteria alone, Gay marriage is not possible under God. It's not how he designed us.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are there other symbols behind marriage? Yes. The Bible compares marriage as a living example of Jesus and his Church. The church is called "the bride". Now, you may say:" The church is gender neutral. How could you define marriage as heterosexual?" Well, the Bible gives several examples of the similarity between Jesus and his bride and men and women being married.Eph 5:25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church... ", 2Cor 11:2 "...I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.", Rom 7:4...."ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead..." These are just a few examples of course. As we can see, the covenant of marriage is always in heterosexual context.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Another argument might be:" Well, the Bible speaks about heterosexual marriage a lot, but it never once states that gay marriage is wrong." I have heard that argument before and it's not true. See here:'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife,and the two shall become one.' So they are no longer two but one. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder." We can see in this passage, that God has designed marriage to be between a man and a woman. It also states, that since God has designed it this way, nobody should try to do it differently.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So where does God's Love come in? God does love his children. He loves them with so much passion and fervor, we could not match it if we tried. What we need to remember is, we are broken and (by our very nature) evil. Homosexuality is not unique as a sin. In fact, it should be regarded as a sin of adultery. Regardless of how anyone comes to this point in their sexuality, if they truly love God....then God will be more important than their own desires. There is nothing wrong with having feelings of homosexuality, but engaging in the act is sinful (that includes lustful thought, both gay and straight). The same way that many men struggle with lust and cheating, it becomes sinful when you stop praying for healing and salvation and start indulging in the sin. So, are homosexuals evil demons? No. Of course not. Can gay people fall in love? Of course they can. Does this mean that marriage can occur between homosexuals? As we've seen, it's not designed to function that way. Does God love you any less, because you are gay? No. He knows you are broken (in sexuality, or addiction, or health etc). He has made a way to reconcile you to him. That's why Jesus Christ is so important. Everyone, everyone....needs him. The gay community is not special in that sense.