You say that “marriage should be left to the churches” - but in our society, marriage is a solemn affair which is a fusion of both church and state, altar and government. And this is PRECISELY WHY the gays want marriage, and NOT for any “benefits” no matter what they try to tell themselves and the rest of us. They want nothing less than TOTAL and exalted and celebrated recognition and reception by the highest forms of human institutions. If you do not realize this, you go very much astray on the entire question.
Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."
If the government came out and said that marriage is forever and there can be no divorce there are a couple of people here in this post who would argue that government does not have the right define marriage. Theme: I want government to define marriage my way, or they have no business defining marriage. I am saying it is not governments business. If they would just follow the US Constitution and provide me with freedom and defense.
“...but in our society, marriage is a solemn affair which is a fusion of both church and state, altar and government.”
The homosexualists wouldn’t have it any other way, in my opinion. They can’t use someone’s faith to punish them for rejecting ‘gay marriage’ when the faith in question also rejects it (as it always will in many faiths). They can easily use the state, and have. They can also use the fact many have been conditioned to think that marriage comes from the state, and that any group with the proper paper from the state are married.
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