Would Jesus Christ have approved Gay marriage, Former U.S President Jimmy Carter Says `Yes'

by Ana Maria | International

Marc Laront Hill Asks:
"Would Jesus approve of
Gay Marriage?"

Remember that famous question that made it to the printers factory sometime ago? "What Will Jesus Do?" WWJD became very famous and was emblazoned on T-Shirts, Mugs, Plates and even posters and banners.

Well, the storm is still raging again and it's not likely to stop anytime soon. But the recent passage of a bill by the US Senate approving same-sex relationship for every state of the Union was always going to be right up there.

And the challenge is still How To Live With Relationship Laws that don't favour you.

The latest voice to this issue is that belonging to no other person than former US President, Jimmy Carter.  On Tuesday, he told Marc Lamont Hill of HuffPost in a new video that faith has always been important to him and that he still teaches the Gospel in his local church where curious people still come to listen to `a politician' teaching them the gospel.

But he says, he has no problem with Gay marriage and that he believes that anybody should have the right to get married.  But he has a problem with abortion and he says he doubt that Jesus would have approved of abortion.

Asked if Jesus would have approved of Gay Marriage, he said `Yes' I believe that Jesus would approve of Gay marriage. But he said he does not believe the government should force a local church to perform a marriage between Gays.

He justified it because he said gay marriage will not be damaging to any one else. He said I think Jesus would have encouraged any form of love affair that is not damaging to anyone else and I don't see the gay marriage being damaging to anyone else.

Listen to him here:

“I believe Jesus would. I don’t have any verse in scripture. … I believe Jesus would approve gay marriage, but that’s just my own personal belief. I think Jesus would encourage any love affair if it was honest and sincere and was not damaging to anyone else, and I don’t see that gay marriage damages anyone else,” President Jimmy Carter said.

The statement is being analysed in various Christian circles and even though, President Carter said it clear it was his personal opinion, some believe, it was way off mark.

As a Christian, how does this statement rub off on you? Go on leave a comment below...