19). Same-sex marriages may seem like an abomination to the union of a man and a woman in marriage, but just because it's not written in the Bible doesn't mean it goes against Christianity. . Some traditions in the Bible are not valid today because they are not relevant today or because they attack the morals of humanity. An example of tradition is forcing women to marry the man who rapes them (Deut. 22:28-29). In the Old Testament, there is a story in Genesis 19:1-11 about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is interpreted that God punished the city because of its homosexual acts. This reasoning is erroneous. The story actually begins in Genesis 18, when the Lord revealed to Abraham that He would go to Sodom and judge the inevitability of their sins. In the book “A Question of Truth” by Gareth Moore, he states that: “Abraham's hospitality and the destruction of Sodom are closely linked” (Moore, 70). In Genesis 18, Abraham showed hospitality and welcomed three strangers and served them as if he were their servant. Later, the man who remained revealed himself as the