How would you answer the following questions? Imagine someone coming up to you and saying, "Hey, Christian, do you believe in marriage? Do you believe it means one man for one woman for life? If so, why?" Now, the average Christian would say that he or she believes in marriage because it is somewhere in the Bible, Paul said something about it, that adultery is sin and there are some laws laid down about it.

If you are not a Christian, consider these questions: Are you married? Why? Why not just live with someone without bothering to marry? Do you believe marriage is one man for one woman for life? Why not six wives? Or six husbands?

What happens if your son comes home and says, "Dad, I am going to marry Bill tomorrow."

Would you say, "You cant do that, son! Its just not done!"

What if your son replied, "Yes it is, Dad. There are even churches that will marry us." If you are not a Christian, what will you say to your son? Can you have any basis, any justification, for insisting that he should not have a homosexual lifestyle if he wants to?

When attempting to justify why they do or do not have a particular belief, many people today often have many opinions rather than reasons. It is sometimes interesting to watch interviews on television news programs. I recall one program on Australian television in which people were interviewed and asked to express their opinions concerning a government departments ruling to grant homosexual couples benefits similar to those received by married heterosexual couples. Many of the opinions expressed went like this: "Its not right." "It goes against my grain." "Its wrong." "Its not normal." "Its bad." "It shouldnt happen." "Its not good." It shouldnt be allowed." "Why shouldnt they?" "People can do what they like!" And many other similar expressions were stated.

After I had spoken on creation at one public school, a student said to me, " I want to write my own rules about life and decide what I want to do."

I said, "You can do that if you like, son, but in that case, why cant I shoot you?"

He replied, "You cant do that!"

"Why not?"

"Because its not right," he said.

I said to him, "Why is it not right?"

"Because it is wrong."

"Why is it wrong?"

He looked perplexed and said to me, "Because it is not right!"