Gay marriage: A possible third economic pillar or abomination?
Smith, also known as Edju En Ka, laid out the arguments for possible debate at the recent Ministry of Education and Culture Inter-Secondary Schools’ Debate 2017 preliminary round competition at Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay on Monday January 30, 2017 where students from the Bregado Flax Educational Centre and the St George’s Secondary School debated the topic ‘Gay marriage harms the institution of traditional marriage’. St George’s Secondary won that debate.
“If tomorrow we were to pass legislation saying come to the BVI all ye with heavy laden and want to get married, we will give you rest. You could get married in the Virgin Islands if you are of same sex couple, we could make millions of dollars,” he said. “We stand to make millions of dollars in tourism if we were to legalise same-sex marriage; it could almost be a third economic pillar,” Smith, who was the debate’s moderator, stated.
On the flip side, Mr Smith said there is also the issue of gay marriage being considered an abomination, according to the Bible as he quoted a passage from Leviticus.
Gays should be able to get married
According to Smith, there is the argument that marriage is a contract, an investment in case anything happens to one spouse.
“I have known heterosexual couples, who did not get married, who live together for many years and then when the man dies, the children swooped in and put the woman out of the house. She did not have no papers, no documents, nothing, and when the man was sick she was there and at that time children were nowhere to be found,” he said.
“So marriage is a contract, so just like how heterosexuals could get married, same sex people should be able to get married too and have that same contract, and that same spirit.”
He then asked, “Would you feel like we would be selling our souls to the devil if we legalise same-sex marriage?”
It should be noted that Mr Smith was throwing out the ideas for the audience's consumption as the debate's moderator and did not state at anytime that those were his personal position on gay marriages.
Debate
Based on the topic thrown out by Mr Smith, a young school girl, a male college student and a Christian woman shared their views.
“I say no because God did not create man and woman for a man and man or a woman and woman to get married. That is specifically why he created a man and a woman in the Garden of Eden,” the young girl said.
“You mentioned the revenue that we could get, but at the end of the day do we really want to give up our morals and our culture just to get a little bit more money in the BVI?” the young college student asked.
Meantime, an older woman gave her opinion saying there should be no discrimination.
“God has given all of us the freedom of choice to serve him or not to serve him and from a Christian point of view, I believe in the traditional marriage, however, we shouldn’t discriminate because God give us that freedom, we shouldn’t discriminate against people who are of other beliefs or who practice other things that are not our religion.”
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2 Timothy 2:15 New International Version (NIV)
15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
(What is Truth? God is Truth and everything God says is Truth and if your Creator says that your deeds are evil 'then your deeds are evil'.) It is not man that will judge but God and one day it will be just you and him in God's secret place together, no one else on earth will be there with you in your corner, no law makers, no law breakers. What will You tell Him then? 'God those people were bashing me so I decide not to lesson to Your Better Judgement, those people a hypocrites'. God will say to you on that day, yes but I am not a hypocrite, I am not sinful, and I did not bash you, I love you but you never loved me enough to obey my will for your life, 'the life I gave you'. You never cared to have a close relationship with me on earth and I cannot have a close relationship with you in death. (A 'true' born-again Christian have a responsibility to love and tell about God's love for mankind, but also to warn their brothers and sisters of future eternal punishment for habitual unrepentant sinful lifestyle habits.)
1 Corinthians 6:9
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.…
Everything aint all about money. Why gain the world and lose ya soul?!
That's an easy legislation to pass with this NDP government. Might as well they come out the closet what's the point we already lawless. So whateverrrr!
Gay marriages should NOT be allowed in these beautiful islands. Churches in BVI here is time to stand up as one and demonstrate. If u don't stand up for this cause this shows me that you all are for this and u know the LAWS OF THE ALMIGHTY FATHER.
The bible is practically clear on what is expected on women and men when comes to have relations to the same sex. No christian, none who truly believes in what the bible says. Would say that we should not discriminate. That is none sense. On the other hand she is entitled to an opinion. We should embrace everyone that is homosexual or not. But at the the same time, tell those who practice homosexuality that, if they truly know that it is a sin and that is why God made male and female. It could have been two male or two female. The creator did not make any mistakes. we as human beings has a choice to accept God or reject by being or own God. Mr. Smith, shame on you. It is bad enough that people a shacking up and that also is a sin. As Christians we should inform people that sis is sin , but we do it with love.
Matthew 7:16-17
16By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.…
When I thing about this topic and study my animal...nature my male sheep dont go with another male infact they fight over the females. Having said all dat if we evoke God in our topic we should go all out and call sin sin. What about the man and woman who live together when they are not married isnt that sin in God's eye? What about the other "sins" that are allowed to take place right in our eye and we look the other way? How could we see "the mote in another person's eye when we have a beam in ours"?
Man may look the other way but God does not....
1 Corinthians 6:9
9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, 10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.…
Coming into the industrial era, a middle class was establish and couples no longer had to depend on their parents. That's how romance came into the picture, especially after Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: A BOY AND A GIRL!! However, the Parents shunned at this new way of doing things but eventually they learned to embrace it.
So coming down to the 21st century, Parents now have to learn how to embrace two men or two women in romance?
Hmm... In my opinion that is not okay if it's for the sole purpose of romance and/or resources; it is a tangent from the original intention of Marriage. But if their parents find it in their hearts to embrace their journey, my heart will be filled with joy knowing that we can accept people for who they are.
And please dont get me wrong, I still think Gay Marriage is incorrect but I believe Almighty God is the final judge.
Stop minding other people business and look in your own house. You gonna see real nastiness there