God ordained that sex should be used within the context of a monogamous heterosexual relationship. Homosexual practices are contrary to God's ordained pattern for human beings. In addition, the Bible speaks out explicitly and forcefully against homosexual practices. The Old Testament considered it a capital offense, and the New Testament treats it as grounds for excommunication. However this paper shall seek to discuss and present biblical evidence using valid arguments against homosexuality.
             The case against homosexual acts can be made in two ways: biblically and socially. The biblical arguments will be presented first. God ordained heterosexuality, not homosexuality- God ordained heterosexual relationships when he created "male and female" and commanded them to have children (Gen.1:27-28). Sex was given a family context from the very beginning. God said, "A man (male) will leave father and mother and be united to his wife (female), and they will become one flesh" (Gen. 2:24). Paul makes it clear that "one flesh" implies sexual intercourse (1 Cor. 6:15-17). The writer of Hebrews proclaims that "marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral" (Heb. 13:4). Indeed, the Ten commandments declare: "You shall not commit adultery" and "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife" (Exod. 20:14, 17). These passages make it plain that God ordained sex to be used between male and female with the bonds of heterosexual marriage.
             Canaan was condemned for a homosexual sin. Although the text does not explicitly say so, it appears that Noah's son Ham engaged in a homosexual act with his drunken father. There are several indications in the Bible that this was the case. The phrase saw his father's nakedness (Gen. 9:22) is used elsewhere of perverse sexual acts, and the fact that Ham went &q...