Right, obviously there are many Christians who don’t think it is a sacrament but hold the institution as a matter of faith in some regard. The problem, in my opinion, is with those who have been conditioned that marriage comes from and is defined by the state. Statists like that because it is a good way to control the culture, homosexualists like it because it is a good way to punish those who don’t buy into their nonsense.
Freegards
Marriage is understood as a union between a man and woman is from Natural Law Theory-—which evolved in Western Civ from before Sophocles and was basically totally formed by the time of Cicero—as we understood it in Locke’s time.
Common Sense comes from the Laws of Nature. Understanding HOW nature works—you’re able to predict things. It is why the West was so superior to other cultures-—we devised Common Sense (Logic) and thus, Wisdom.
Leftists have to destroy Logic-—Right Reason according to Nature. By promoting irrational concepts like homosexual “marriage” it actually destroys logic and reason-—especially in the foundation of children which will mean they will never be rational-—with a faulty foundation of Truth. Pushing socialism is also irrational-—because it is pushing theft—A Vice. Justice NEVER can push Vice by Law.
It is true that St. Thomas Aquinas inserted Natural Law into Catholic Theology around 1245-—he knew Faith and Reason shouldn’t conflict-—since Nature was created by God. One should be able to rationalize all material aspects of life through logic since God made man “Rational”—Faith” always exists in man-—no matter what belief system.....it is needed for the all supernatural “thinking”. As D’Souza wrote in his book, What’s so great about Christianity?—it is because it is the most reasoned religion in the history of man.
Natural Law theory posits that all things in nature have a teleological end-—and humans-—it is to procreate and raise the next generation. All based on logic and history —and the Romans had access to numerous cultures and they found Universal Truths in all cultures-—one—marriage/uniting of men and women to have children. Justice was enshrined also-—which is a Virtue (Nicomachean Ethics) and that for “Just Law” you have to promote Virtue.
All Virtue was deduced by observing Nature (Natural Laws).