Dr Peet Botha's research into Homosexuality and
the issue of "gay marriage"
 
Dr Peet Botha is Administrator of Cedar College of Education and extraordinary Senior
Lecturer at North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (Faculties of Theology and
Education). He is since 1994 minister in the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and
missionary in the KwaZuluNatal Province. His fields of specialization are Theology(New
Testament), Educational Science and Philosophy of Education. He has lectured and spoken in
the following countries: America, Brazil, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland,
England, and Canada.
Dr Botha, who is a speaker on the homosexual issue for CFT, says on his website:
This new interpretation of Bible portions referring to homosexual practice gives
rise to interpretations, which assume homosexuality to be a normal and acceptable variant
of heterosexuality. This is argued to be the case theologically and social-historically
that a contemporary justification must govern the hermeneutical process and that the
Church must not be prescriptive.It is argued that portions of Scripture referring to
homosexuality was written within a specific cultural setting and cannot be directly
transferred as such and made applicable to contemporary society. For this reason sex
between two men or two women cannot be denounced when involved in a firm and intimate
relationship. Scholars are asking that the Church, especially the Dutch Reformed Church in
South Africa (DRC), formulate a new viewpoint after considering both the context of the
Bible and the contemporary society. Muller, a minister in the Reforming Church (South
Africa), is of the opinion that the Bible nowhere states that God hates homosexuality (as
is the case with divorce) and that the few Bible portions referring to homosexual deeds
cannot at all be put on an equal footing with the contemporary meaning of what we regard
as gay. Many ministers in the DRC seem to be sympathetic to this view.
 He has published a number
of books. More information is available on his website: www.homosexuality.co.za
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