Opponents of marriage equality claim that jesus here confers his own stamp of approval on marriage between a man and a woman and in so doing rules out the possibility of faithful loving same sex partnerships among his followers there are multiple problems with this claim in the first place the claim is based on a logical fallacy. God instituted marriage in the garden and it was not until after sin entered the world that homosexuality became a reality jesus appealed to the created order in matthew 194 6 therefore jesus would never approve of homosexuality and same sex marriages. The irony is that jesus silence on gay marriage is against a backdrop that assumes and celebrates the picture of marriage as a major storyline of scripture a storyline that leads to christ. The phrase sexual immorality in a biblical context would speak of any sexual behavior outside the covenant of marriage between a man and woman therefore jesus viewed premarital sex adultery and homosexual behavior as sinful