‘Marriage’ continues to be Redefined as we Travel the Slippery Slope (Part 2)

Following on last week’s blog about furthering of the gay activists’ redefinition of ‘marriage’ called “throuples” in Canada, I want you to see the continual slide down the ‘slippery slope’ of sexual perversion.

Historically, one of the strongest arguments against consensual adult incest is that incestuous unions could result in children with genetic defects; however, within the homosexual community that concern wouldn’t apply to same-sex couples.  Thus argues an Irish political leader who says that gay cousins should be allowed to “marry.”  

No sooner had the Irish Legislature officially announce the legalizing of same-sex “marriage” does Senator David Norris call for gay cousins to be allowed to marry.  As reported in the Irish Times, Independent Senator Norris (himself gay) said, “Gay cousins should be allowed to marry each other following the same-sex marriage referendum.”  Mr. Norris said, “What is the problem with that?’’  Mr. Norris then added, “The regulations covering cousins marrying were introduced to protect the genetic pool, but that this would remain relatively untroubled by same-sex marriage.”

Dr. Michael Brown, President of FIRE School of Ministry, says this begs the next obvious question: “Then wouldn’t the same line of reasoning apply to gay brothers or sisters who wanted to ‘marry?’  And if the taboos against homosexual ‘marriage’ are now considered outdated and intolerant, why can’t the same thing be said about the taboos against adult incest?”

From a “politically correct” Christian perspective, if Leviticus 18 does not apply to believers today (including, of course, the prohibition against homosexual practice in Leviticus 18:22), then why should the prohibitions against incest in that same chapter (found in verses 6-17) still apply?  After all, as many argue, Jesus didn’t say anything about incest, so it couldn’t be that important, right?

Haven’t we heard all these arguments before when it comes to homosexual unions?

For several years, Dr. Brown has charted the growing call to normalize consensual adult incest, most recently documented in his book – “Outlasting the Gay Revolution” – where he includes a list of TV shows and Hollywood movies in which such relationships are embraced or even celebrated.

Yet when Dr. Brown dared raise the subject on the Piers Morgan show in December 2013, his only response was that he was being “ridiculous” and “silly” to speak of such things … despite the fact that there have been court cases advocating for consensual adult incest and that some European countries have already lifted legal sanctions against incestuous relationships.

In July 2014, in Australia, Judge Garry Neilson, from the district court in the state of New South Wales, likened incest to homosexuality, which was once regarded as criminal and ‘unnatural’ but is now widely accepted.  He said, “Incest [is] now only a crime because it may lead to abnormalities in offspring but this rationale was increasingly irrelevant because of the availability of contraception and abortion.”  The article reporting this was titled, “Australian judge says incest may no longer be a taboo.”  Based on his logic, there should be no objection to gay incestuous “marriages” since gay couples can’t produce children of their own.

In September 2014, a government-backed committee in Germany recommended that the government abolish laws criminalizing incest between siblings; arguing that such bans impinge upon citizens’ rights to sexual self-determination.  According to the findings of the German Ethics Council [made up of scientists, doctors, and lawyers], the right to incent between siblings is a “fundamental” one, and carries more weight than society’s “abstract protection of the family.” 

One month later, on October 9, 2014, the Huffington Post ran an article titled, “Should Incest Between Consenting Adult Siblings Be Legalized? Experts Sound Off.”  The article was posted in the Huffpost Gay Voices section, with some opening calling for the removal of taboos against adult incest in America.

Again, this is the inevitable downward slide that results when you separate marriage from procreation and from joining children to their mother and father.

Oh, you can mock my words.  I’ve grow accustom to often being a prophetic voice crying in the wilderness.  But you can also mark my words; not because their mine, but because they are God’s Word – the Truth!

The good news is that history is still being written and, just as we are the generation that opened wide the floodgates of radical change, we can be the generation that puts the brakes on this downward spiral and returns this nation to higher ground.

Rev. Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.

Chaplain (Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army

Pastor, Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel