Strangely enough, I have found myself in more conversations on the topic of gay marriage in the last two weeks than the rest of my life combined.  Perhaps it is not too strange, considering that it is quite a hot button issue these days, especially because of the recent proposition on the ballot in California. Rather than comment on any number of blogs I follow that are discussing the topic right now, I decided I'd try to give a fairly brief explanation of why I personally do not support gay marriage (since that's what people have been asking me) and to point out a couple of other observations I've made while watching this debate unfold both personally and on a larger scale as a news item. I do not support gay marriage for... biblical reasons. As a follower of Jesus, I find the support of homosexual behavior incompatible with the teaching of Scripture. This starts with God himself creating man and woman in his image and giving them a cultural mandate that involved a man and woman becoming one flesh.  This continues throughout the Old Testament, where homosexuality and homosexual behavior are taught to be distortions of the image of God in humanity and ...