Vermont just legalized gay marriage, this time without the Supreme Court legislating from the bench. Now there are four states where gay marriage is legal - Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, and Vermont.

Andy Comiskey of Desert Stream Ministries, had some good commentary on the situation in Iowa:

‘Gay Marriage’ in The Heartland « 40 Days of Devotion: "A lower court heard the case in 2007 and ruled that the ban was unconstitutional due to the judge’s belief that ‘homosexuality is unchangeable’, that ‘gay parents will not impact the development of their kids’ and that ‘homosexuals are politically powerless.’ All false, especially the last point: gays in Iowa have Lambda Legal, the most powerful reps I know.

The lower court’s ruling was ’stayed’ then appealed to the Supreme Court, which heard the case last January. I could tell by the hearings that the Court was more inclined toward Lambda Legal than the traditional voice. On Friday, the Court announced that it had unanimously redefined marriage. One decision by one court and the most basic institution of the state changes for all of its citizens."

In addition to the false claim about homosexuals being politically powerless, I just read the following in The Language of God, by Francis S. Collins:

An area of particularly strong public interest is the genetic basis for homosexuality. Evidence from twin studies does in fact support the conclusion that heritable factors play a role in male homosexuality. However, the likelihood that the identical twin of a homosexual male will also be gay is about 20 percent (compared with 2-4 percent of males in the general population), indicating that sexual orientation is genetically influenced but not hardwired by DNA, and that whatever genes are involved represent predispositions, not predeterminations.

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To summarize this section: There is an inescapable component of heritability to many human behavioral traits. For virtually none of them is heredity ever close to predictive.
Environment, particularly childhood experiences, and the prominent role of individual free will choices have a profound effect on us. Scientists will discover an increasing level or molecular detail about the inherited factors that undergird our personalities, but that should not lead us to overestimate their quantitative contribution. Yes, we have all been dealt a particular set or cards, and the cards will eventually be revealed. But how we play the hand is up to us. (Collins, The Language of God, 260,262)

The truth is that even if some people are born with a predisposition towards homosexuality, it is absolutely possible to change. I have a number of friends who were living a gay lifestyle, and by the power of Jesus Christ, they changed and are not looking back. In fact, some of the men who have come out of homosexuality are among the most powerful men of God that I have met. There is a reality and a gravity to their lives and their testimonies that gives them power to set others free. Andy Comiskey is a great example - I've published a couple of his talks on my podcast, which I highly recommend.

Here's what the Bible says:

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (NKJV)
⁹ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.