Overview of Romans 1 and Excessive

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* 1. Is there reason to believe that Romans 1 only prohibiting excessive same-sex acts is not the heart of Dr. Brownson’s position?

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* 2. If the claim that Romans 1 is limited to excessive same-sex acts was disproven, are there other arguments in Dr. Brownson’s book that might still be sufficient to justify monogamous same-sex marriages?

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* 3. When Dr. Brownson writes, “. . . the whole range of behaviors Paul describes in Romans 1, including same-sex eroticism is for him an extraordinarily powerful and excessive manifestation of lust . . .” is he effectively putting all his eggs in one basket? In other words, when he uses that language is he saying it is all about excessive lust, there is nothing else that needs to be considered?

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* 4. Keeping the nature of the topics of patriarchy, purity and impurity etc. in mind consider the following. When Dr. Brownson spends 40% of his book on Romans 1 is that sufficient reason for the reader to conclude that Dr. Brownson’s position on same-sex marriage will either stand or fall based on his interpretation of Romans 1?

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* 5. Does the fact that the words excessive, lust, abuse etc. appear at least 298 times establish as the main theme of Dr. Brownson’s book that Romans 1 only prohibits abusive acts?

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