What does this debate look like, and what does each side’s view of human nature have to do with it? Progressives claim that Christians who reject same-sex marriage are denying the equality, human rights, and innate dignity of LGBTQI people. They assume our internal desires are right because they are innate to our nature. Many progressives, although not all, label churches that hold to a traditional view of marriage as non-affirming, instantly discouraging onlookers by using a negative term.27 Progressives adopt the claim of Western culture, which says, “Whatever I desire is what I ought to
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