Norman Tebbit: It’s ‘doubtful’ you can be a Christian and support gay sex

Jul 1, 2017 by Jill

by Andy Walton, Christian Today:

Conservative politician Norman Tebbit says he thinks gay sex is a sin because the Bible says so. Speaking to The Conversation, Lord Tebbit, a former Chairman of the Party, said that it was ‘doubtful’ one could be a Christian and believe homosexual sex not to be a sin.

‘I share the same view as [Liberal Democrat Leader] Tim Farron, which is that to be a homosexual cannot be a sin because that is what God has created,’ he said.

‘But it is perfectly sensible to argue that a homosexual act is a sin’ he insisted, ‘because that is what the Bible has said from the time of the Old Testament through the New Testament. So therefore, as a Christian, should you dump all that and still call yourself a Christian? It’s a bit doubtful.’

Tebbit is seen as part of an ‘old guard’ of Conservatives, who remain committed to a socially conservative world view. Under successive Tory leaders the party has become more liberal, culminating in the introduction of same sex marriage under David Cameron.

‘I opposed gay marriage,’ said Lord Tebbit, ‘because it is fundamentally not what marriage was set out to be. And I don’t like this way of proceeding by simply changing the meaning of a word. We’re doing too much of that.’

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