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The
UCC Factum to the Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage – Study
Questions
Q1
– What is a Factum?
Q2
– What assertions did the United Church make, having declared themselves to be
Canada’s largest mainstream Protestant Christian denomination?
Q3
– What can be said about the credibility of the key claims made by the United
Church?
Q4
–The United Church does not believe that
the faith stance of a community which supports same-sex marriage undermines the
faith stance of a community that does not. Does this argument make any sense: (1) from a
scriptural perspective? (2) from a secularist perspective?
Q5
– Is it not hypocritical to contend that there is no absolute truth; to also
contend it is spiritually fine if United Church members reject same-sex
marriage, and yet, declare with theological certainty that God
sanctifies same-sex marriage?
Q6
– What is one to make of a denomination that makes these double-minded
assertions about Christian faith, and yet, claims that those who oppose marriage
redefinition are absurdly irrational?
Q7
– Now that the UCC offers marriage rights to homosexuals, what moral status do
they associate with sexually active homosexuals who have no intention of getting
married or living in a life-long union?
Q8
– What affect did the UCC homosexist position detailed in the Factum have on the effectiveness of
Canadian Christendom’s legal resistance to marriage redefinition before the
Supreme Court?
Q9
– What should be concluded about orthodox Christendom’s response to the UCC intervener witness on behalf of same-sex marriage?
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