Homosexuality is a sin ?

Most negativity surrounding the topic of same sex marriages is based around religion. A number of religious groups have been more than open about their thoughts on same sex marriages which some religious leaders go as far as urging the members of Parliament not to vote for the passing of same sex marriages claiming it is offensive to Christians which make up quite a bit of New Zealand's population and the voters.

New Zealand however, is becoming more and more aware of same sex marriages and are backing it with a total of 63% of the New Zealand population keen for the change to make same sex marriages legal. Many religious officials feel that by passing the bill, they will have no choice but to officiate at same sex marriages as it will become illegal if they don't. A number of religious groups have expressed their opposition and are claiming to ignore the law if it does pass. The problem with religions becoming involved with this is that they chose certain aspects of their religion which they chose to enforce more than the others. For example, there are things which is mentioned in many holy books such as the bible which is said to be forbidden yet, everyone does it anyway such as eating bacon or playing football. So why has same sex marriages gotten such a negative response from religious groups? Why is same sex marriages classed as committing a sin whereas eating bacon is seen as okay? I don't hear of Christians being killed for eating bacon.

The pope has also made his opinion of this topic known as he made a comment saying that making same sex marriages legal will "undermine the future of humanity". Mind you, this is coming from the person who once said that pedophilia isn't such a bad thing. The video to the left is from the Jimmi Kimmel show where Jimmi Kimmel puts a comedic spin to the Pope's statement by making a funny scenario which makes the Holy Man's statement true.