[Cogadh na Sith]

If you believe in God and His justness, can you then deny His call to holiness in sexual matters?

I do not.

I deny the unholy call of the local government in marriage matters.

I believe we are not far from seeing the state marriage laws promoting divorce in most states in the same light that we see the laws promoting abortion.

Can a marriage be Godly without the stamp of approval of the unGodly administrators who are destroying it?

That is the real question.

Is sex really fornication in the eyes of the Lord until the lesbian wiccan court clerk stamps my license?

Weird....

[opus86]

You make an interesting point, however I don't think the sanctity of marriage is dependent on the environment in which it occurs. For example, two friends of mine were married by a respected pastor. Several years after their marriage it was discovered that this pastor had been cheating on his wife (for those of you playing along at home, I believe this is adultery, which is a form of fornication.) Does this pastor's sin make my friend's marriage null and void?

Another thing to consider...Jesus was questioned about whether it was right to pay taxes to Caesar. He did not say we shouldn't pay taxes because the Roman government was corrupt, pagan, etc. He said, "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and unto God that which is God's."

I would argue that God established marriage and it is a holy institution, regardless of the state or the participants. (BTW, I tend to avoid lesbian wiccan court clerks also.)