The Bible is pretty clear on how marriage is defined and the purpose for their being two sexes to begin with. You need not look up any verses dealing specifically with homosexuality to know two men and two women do not fit the definition. This is not open to debate.
Two people of the same sex cannot be husband and wife - that has nothing to do with bigotry - it is just reality. A man cannot be a wife and a woman cannot be a husband. This whole same-sex “marriage” craze is an assault on language.
Here’s how I feel about it.
1) Oppose it, and if it gets legalized, then find a church that does what it may to opt out of it, and by all means, if you are concerned about a church being forced to do it, then don’t be part of a state church, because if you take a look at Denmark, you can see what a state-run church will do...
So they are denying legally consenting adults a service they offer until laws are changed to include their favored group. What is there to make sure they won’t continue their discrimination against heterosexuals if/when the law is changed?
A once stated goal of such activists was to SMASH MONOGAMY and SMASH THE PATRIARCHY.
That is still the goal only now they cast it in different terms. If subverting church teachings to celebrate sin and condemn normalcy makes some leave the church, they consider their job to be well done.