Paul Wilczynski's Observations

A Christian Case for Gay Marriage

In an article entitled Sins of Sodom?, the Boston Globe interviews the authors of What God Has Joined Together?: A Christian Case for Gay Marriage.

Can we find our way back to a culture that supports our families, instead of attacking them? I say, 'Yes we can,' " Sam Brownback, Republican senator from Kansas, declared last year in a stump speech, making reference to his sponsorship of a proposed federal amendment banning same-sex marriage. David G. Myers, professor of psychology at Hope College, a Christian liberal arts college in Holland, Mich., and Letha Dawson Scanzoni, a Christian author and scholar based in Norfolk, Va., also think we can - but that's where they part ways with coreligionists like Brownback. Interviewed by phone and e-mail last week, Myers and Scanzoni spoke about their new book, ''What God Has Joined Together? A Christian Case for Gay Marriage" (HarperSanFrancisco), which was front-page news across Michigan last month, even before it was published. ...

posted by Paul Wilczynski @ 8:18 AM