RE: I have attended one, and I can tell you simply put, the entire thing was a political event there was nothing about the “ceremony” that was not political in nature, then on to the reception
What could have induced you to attend it? Was it curiosity?
Next question — are these couple still “married” today?
“What could have induced you to attend it? Was it curiosity?”
Attending a Gay Wedding is the ultimate Liberal Status symbol, right up there with stopping by to have an abortion on the way to adopt a baby from some East Bloc nation.
No it was not curiosity, I have been exposed to homosexuals a good bit in my life, there was nothing I saw there that surprised me.
It was an in law, and while I don’t agree with their life, its their life to lead. As much as some evangelicals try to argue they are following the rule of God when they shun the sinners, they frankly are wrong. The only obligation on a Christian is to point out to a sinner they are sinning, because they may not know what they do is a sin... to not do so means that persons sin is also yours. If however they continue to engage in the sin that is on them and not you, you have met your moral obligation to God.
I do not agree with the homosexual lifestyle, I also do not believe that anyone is “born that way” though a small percentage without question are born with urges. By and large homosexuality is a Mental Disorder, I have not seen any evidence to the contrary in my lifetime. The removal from the DSM as a mental defect was done for politics not because any science proved it not to be.
With all that said, I am not here to be the judge and jury of other mens lives. They will stand before their maker one day for what they have done and he will judge them. I do not expect everyone to live the life I live, and I can’t imagine any sane rational adult to expect others to as well.
I will never accept their actions to be normal, no matter how much they can try to propagandize it as such, my children will never see me accept their behavior, they will also never see me treat them without basic human dignity because of it either.
As for your latter question, yes they are still legally “married” and I would suspect they will remain so.
Does that mean that I view their “marriage” the same as I do a traditional marriage? Absolutely not, but I am not worried about the secular world, it has swung to and fro varying attitudes around sexuality over the lifetime of the Church, and Judiasm before it, and both have survived throughout such trials. Their marriage clearly was a political event, it cannot be sanctioned by God and it cannot ever have any chance of procreation through natural means. If the state wishes to call what they have a “marriage” that’s just secular nonsense. No judge or legislature can overturn or rewrite the teachings of the Lord. There will always be sinners in this world, and most deserve pity more than disdain.