They cannot get married. Male may not marry male. Period, end of story.
They can have a civil union, they can have a legal agreement.
recognozed by the church.
The man not laying with another man part was really quite clear.
Post by Siri CruiseYes.
Acts 15 New International Version (NIV)
The Council at Jerusalem
15 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the
believers: ³Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught
by Moses, you cannot be saved.² 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into
sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed,
along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the
apostles and elders about this question. 3 The church sent them on their
way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how
the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the believers very
glad. 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church
and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had
done through them. 5 Then some of the believers who belonged to the
party of the Pharisees stood up and said, ³The Gentiles must be
circumcised and required to keep the law of Moses.²
6 The apostles and elders met to consider this question. 7 After much
discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: ³Brothers, you know that
some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear
from my lips the message of the gospel and believe. 8 God, who knows the
heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them,
just as he did to us. 9 He did not discriminate between us and them, for
he purified their hearts by faith. 10 Now then, why do you try to test
God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our
ancestors have been able to bear? 11 No! We believe it is through the
grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.² 12 The
whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul
telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles
through them. 13 When they finished, James spoke up. ³Brothers,² he
said, ³listen to me. 14 Simon[a] has described to us how God first
intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. 15 The
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³After this I will return
and rebuild David¹s fallen tent.
Its ruins I will rebuild,
and I will restore it,
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that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,
even all the Gentiles who bear my name,
says the Lord, who does these things¹[b]
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things known from long ago.[c]
19 ³It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult
for the Gentiles who are turning to God. 20 Instead we should write to
them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual
immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood. 21 For
the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times
and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.²
The Council¹s Letter to Gentile Believers
22 Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to
choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and
Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were
leaders among the believers. 23 With them they sent the following
letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers,
Greetings.
24 We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization
and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. 25 So we all
agreed to choose some men and send them to you with our dear friends
Barnabas and Paul 26 men who have risked their lives for the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to
confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the
Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the
following requirements: 29 You are to abstain from food sacrificed to
idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual
immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they
gathered the church together and delivered the letter. 31 The people
read it and were glad for its encouraging message. 32 Judas and Silas,
who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the
believers. 33 After spending some time there, they were sent off by the
believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent
them. [34] [d] 35 But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, where they
and many others taught and preached the word of the Lord.
Disagreement Between Paul and Barnabas
36 Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, ³Let us go back and visit the
believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and
see how they are doing.² 37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called
Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because
he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the
work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company.
Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and
left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went
through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
posting useless, off point bullshit.
Didn't work.