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=== 1 Corinthians 11 ===

=== 1 Corinthians 11 ===

"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." (1Cor 11:3)  

"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God." (1Cor 11:3)  

While some attempt to make this positional distinction culturally caused, the context reveals that this is based upon a creational, ontological distinction between man and the women, in which the man is the head of the women, like as the Father is the head of the Son, and Christ is the head of the church. While positional distinctions themselves do not require opposite genders (and sexual unions do not exist in the spiritual realm, nor can any absence of sexual distinctions therein negate those established by God in the physical realm), the reason for the male headship over the women is directly due to her being created from the man:

Another aspect of arguments seeking to disallow the uniqueness of the foundational union of the male and female is that this, and the injunctions against homosex upon which flow from it, are based upon outdated male headship. "Increasing numbers of scholars— influenced by the sexual deconstruction of M. Foucault and by the feminist critique of biblical sexuality—freely acknowledge a biblical condemnation of homosexuality, but dismiss this condemnation on the ground that it is an arbitrary expression of an obsolete patriarchalism. Since, they maintain, power creates truth, new power structures will create new sexual mores based on mutuality.<ref>[http://www.catalystresources.org/issues/211schmidt.html THE HERMENEUTICS OF HOMOSEXUALITY: RECENT TRENDS]</ref>

 

"For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man." (1Cor 11:8)

Same gender unions are foundationally contrary to this, while it is next explicitly stated that it was the women who was created for the man:

Opposing this is the traditional evidence that from the beginning, God is the author of male headship, and maintains it without abrogation in the New Testament. (Gn. 3:16; 1Tim. 2:12,13) 1Cor 11:1-16 deals with this doctrinally, in which some attempt to make this positional distinction (not simply its expression) culturally caused. However, the context evidences that this is based upon the creational, ontological distinction between man and the women, in which the man is the head of the women, like as the Father is the head of the Son, and Christ is the head of the church.

"Neither was the man created for the woman; but '''the woman for the man.'''" (v.9)

While positional distinctions themselves do not require opposite genders, the reason for the headship of the male over the women is presented as being directly due to her being created from the man, "For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man." (1Cor 11:8)  The next verse explicitly stated that it was the women who was created for the man: "Neither was the man created for the woman; but '''the woman for the man.'''" (v.9)

    

    

This statement of purpose hearkens back to Gn. 2:18-24, in which, after making it apparent that no other earthly creation was fitting, the women was created out of to be man's “helpmeet”, that as is uniquely abundantly manifest throughout the Bible, by design and decree she is his uniquely compatible and complementary mate in marriage, in more ways than only the procreative aspect. "It is only in the heterosexual union of marriage that we find the fulfillment of God's intended order, both procreative and unitive."<ref>Gudel,"That Which is Unnatural"</ref> The mutual interdependence of the women and the man is next seen in vs. 11-12

This statement of purpose hearkens back to Gn. 2:18-24, in which, after making it apparent that no other earthly creation was fitting, the women was created out of to be man's “helpmeet”, that as is uniquely abundantly manifest throughout the Bible, by design and decree she is his uniquely compatible and complementary mate in marriage, in more ways than only the procreative aspect. "It is only in the heterosexual union of marriage that we find the fulfillment of God's intended order, both procreative and unitive."<ref>Gudel,"That Which is Unnatural"</ref> The mutual interdependence of the women and the man is next seen in vs. 11-12

"Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.  For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God." 

In the light of which additional texts, to join man with man is further seen contrary to this unique union in marriage between opposite genders, in which both genders hold distinctive roles due to their creation differences, both in position, overall paracletal purpose and procreation.

To join man with man in contrary to this unique union in marriage between opposite genders, in which both genders hold distinctive roles due to their creation differences, both in position, overall paracletal purpose and procreation.  

In addition, while sexual unions do not exist in the spiritual realm, the absence of sexual distinctions therein cannot negate those established by God in the physical realm.

=== Celibacy, Polygamy, and Procreation ===

=== Celibacy, Polygamy, and Procreation ===