Is this statement homophobic?

When I see the word 'homophobic', I immediately think it's somewhat 'hateful' towards any homosexual association.

That statement comes off to me as an opinion of why there are both males and females.

Of course there are those who will use it to be discriminatory but the statement itself (I think) is just an opinion.

No, it just doesn't address homosexuality at all. It mentions a heterosexual marriage, but that doesn't make it homophobic.

According to libtards, yes it is. Said libtards will then turn around and claim that Christians MUST support same-sex marriage because it's "what Jesus would have wanted." Oh, then who was that speaking in Matthew 19? Jesus' third cousin Bubba Joe?

@ The Wiz: He was giving the standard for human sexuality, found in Genesis 2:24. He covered all the bases with that statement.

"For this reason a man shall leave..." - The man is NOT to spend his life as a freeloader. He must get out on his own and start his life. If you're old enough to be having sex, you're old enough to be paying your own mortgage.

"...his mother and his father..." - Two parents, a man and a woman, working together to rear their child, influencing him in ways that only they can with the strengths and values inherent to their respective sexes. Not one single study has ever suggested that a child is better off WITHOUT a loving mother and father, committed to one another and active in their child's life. The ideal environment to raise a child is in a home with a married mother and father who make their family one of their highest priorities.

"...and be united to his wife." - Not his girlfriend, not his fiancee, and certainly not his husband.

"And the two..." - Not three, not four, not sixteen. Two. One man for one woman, one woman for one man. A man must refuse to share his wife with any other man, and a woman must refuse to share her husband with any other woman.

"...shall become one flesh." - They are as one being; one whole, a permanent part of one another. They complete each other. This is a lifelong mandate. Since they are one flesh, they will remain one flesh for as long as they live.

Any questions?

Not really. A homophobic remark would be like: "I am afraid of homosexuals."

Not at all. Most people wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.

Of course, the term homosexual was unknown when that was written.

What do you want to hear? Does it make a gay man or woman feel bad about loving another because it doesn't fit *your* definition of a marriage? Maybe. Who cares who people have consensual sex with?

No. It doesn't have anything to do with being gay or straight at all.

Jesus didn't talk about homosexuality. He left all the hateful stuff to Paul.

No, it says that gay people don't need to move out of their parents house.

Are you homophobic phobic?

Not unless you're shouting it at gay people.