Chairperson, the FD will never support legislation that undermines the Word of God. The FD rejects the Civil Union Bill because we believe it undermines biblical values, especially the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman ordained by God.
Michael Cassidy of the Marriage Alliance of South Africa writes in a leaflet entitled Same-Sex Marriage, why South Africa should say no to this legislation:
I imagine some 98% of South Africans believe we should say no to the same- sex marriage.
Let me add that I do not know of one Islamic country throughout the world that would support same-sex civil unions. Most Islamic countries view same- sex unions as the immoral decadents of the worst kind, and they are right in this regard.
Why do committed Christians, Muslims and Jews collectively and unequivocally reject same-sex relations, let alone civil unions? According to the Bible, the Koran and Torah, homosexuality and lesbianism are an abomination in the sight of God. The versions of the creature He made in His own image.
Chairperson, I have two minutes and I only used one. [Interjections.] The Bible says in the book of Leviticus 18:22 that homosexuality is absolutely forbidden for it is an abomination. God has a monopoly on human rights. He created us and he knows what is good for us. He defines what is right and wrong, not culture or man-made constitutions. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of the sin of homosexuality.
In the New Testament God equally condemns homosexuality and same-sex unions, especially in Romans 1:26, where the Bible says that that is why God let go of them and let them do all these things so that even their women turned against God's natural plan for them and indulged in sexual sin with each other.
As believers we must decide today whether we will accept and support God's Word or whether we will support the sexual orientation clause in the Constitution. Our decision is quite unequivocal; we believe that God is greater than our Constitution and our courts and that His Word is the final authority. The FD therefore rejects the Civil Union Bill with the contempt it deserves. [Applause.]