The institution of marriage has been around a lot longer than the Bible. The only thing that has stopped gays from marrying has been being vast outnumbered by people that do not like them.
Nobody ever said the government should force Baptist churches into marrying gays... as a church, they have a constitutional right to deny marriage to anybody they wish.
But on the other side, the government has no right to bar a church from marrying gays. As a church, they have a constitutional right to marry anybody they wish.
The government can't discriminate in this way, especially not on "traditional religious" grounds.
The government must recognize the marriage of two people, regardless of who they are. It has nothing to do with the Bible or the Koran or any other religious book.
We are not a nation founded on the Bible. Many of our principles stem from Christianity because those are generally good principles that promote freedom. Banning of gay marriage or stoning adulterers is not one of those. We are a secular nation that must recognize the freedom of people to marry the person they love, regardless of sex.
Great post, Snowguy. I couldn't agree more.
And I find it preposterous to the point of laughability when I hear these clowns on Christian radio saying things like "the institution of marriage is under siege once again in New York" or "America's children are being recruited by radical homosexuals in supporting their lifestyle".
I'm not sure if it's pathetically sad that so many sheep actually believe that crap. Or ridiculously funny that any thinking human being can be so stupid as to believe it.
