Staver, Mathew D., 1956-
Same-sex marriage : putting every household at risk / Mathew D. Staver. - Nashville, Tenn. : Broadman & Holman, �2004. - v, 154 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-153). Includes bibliographical references.
1. Why defend marriage between a man and a woman? -- What is marriage for? -- Will same-sex marriage hurt children? -- Will same-sex marriage hurt people? -- How will same-sex marriage hurt the institution of marriage? -- Why shouldn't two people who love each other be allowed to marry? -- Will same-sex marriage hurt my marriage? -- Is equal protection violated by prohibiting same-sex marriage? -- Should marriage be left to the states? -- Why doesn't the state get out of licensing marriage? -- 2. Setting boundaries saves lives -- Children need a father and a mother -- Same-sex attractions: Rejecting, idolizing, and longing to fill emotional deficits -- Social peer pressure and the influence of the media -- Binary sex is normative -- Human behavior needs gender boundaries -- 3. Our children at risk -- Exploiting the youth -- CHildren raised by homosexual parents face adverse consequences -- 4. From desensitization to conversion. 5. Silencing the opposition -- 6. Reinventing history: Sexual preference is not a civil right -- Historical revisionism of homosexual culture -- History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- an overview of historically protected categories -- The historical background of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 becomes law -- Unifying characteristics of protected classes within the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Sexual preference and same-sex marriage should not be elevated to a preferred status -- 7. The legal and political battle -- The legislature and judiciary -- Advancing the homosexual agenda by adopting innocent children -- Advancing the homosexual agenda through same-sex unions -- A hill worth dying for -- 8. In the image of God -- 9. Sinners in the hand of a loving God -- Balancing love and justice -- Shedding our moral laryngitis -- 10. Drawing a line in the sand.
0805431969 9780805431964
2005297538
Same-sex marriage.
Homosexuality.
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--United States.
Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation.
United States.
HQ1033 / .S735 2004
306.84/8
Same-sex marriage : putting every household at risk / Mathew D. Staver. - Nashville, Tenn. : Broadman & Holman, �2004. - v, 154 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-153). Includes bibliographical references.
1. Why defend marriage between a man and a woman? -- What is marriage for? -- Will same-sex marriage hurt children? -- Will same-sex marriage hurt people? -- How will same-sex marriage hurt the institution of marriage? -- Why shouldn't two people who love each other be allowed to marry? -- Will same-sex marriage hurt my marriage? -- Is equal protection violated by prohibiting same-sex marriage? -- Should marriage be left to the states? -- Why doesn't the state get out of licensing marriage? -- 2. Setting boundaries saves lives -- Children need a father and a mother -- Same-sex attractions: Rejecting, idolizing, and longing to fill emotional deficits -- Social peer pressure and the influence of the media -- Binary sex is normative -- Human behavior needs gender boundaries -- 3. Our children at risk -- Exploiting the youth -- CHildren raised by homosexual parents face adverse consequences -- 4. From desensitization to conversion. 5. Silencing the opposition -- 6. Reinventing history: Sexual preference is not a civil right -- Historical revisionism of homosexual culture -- History of the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- an overview of historically protected categories -- The historical background of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 becomes law -- Unifying characteristics of protected classes within the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Sexual preference and same-sex marriage should not be elevated to a preferred status -- 7. The legal and political battle -- The legislature and judiciary -- Advancing the homosexual agenda by adopting innocent children -- Advancing the homosexual agenda through same-sex unions -- A hill worth dying for -- 8. In the image of God -- 9. Sinners in the hand of a loving God -- Balancing love and justice -- Shedding our moral laryngitis -- 10. Drawing a line in the sand.
0805431969 9780805431964
2005297538
Same-sex marriage.
Homosexuality.
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--United States.
Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Homosexuality.
Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation.
United States.
HQ1033 / .S735 2004
306.84/8