Why should a Christian be against Gay 'marriage'?

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For me, marriage is a sacred spiritual institution and is witnessed over by God as such. It is not a government institution. It matters not to me what additional law man makes in the world that promulgates or gives permission for sin because I do not live in the world. I live in the Spirit.

Man might think he is married but it matters not. God made marriage between a man and a woman, end of story.

People break God's law all the time. This latest debacle in America is just another example of the lawlessness of human beings, not the only one, not the first, and not the last. Since man created government he has been breaking covenant with God's Law.
 
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http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/29/ending-tax-exemptions-means-ending-churches/

The end game is not to normalize gay marriage, it's to get rid of inconvenient churches.
Did you know that according to IRS law, a church is automatically exempt from paying tax? They do not need to apply to the IRS for the tax exemption, nor do they need to apply for your donations to be tax deductible.
Most churches think they have to have something called a 501c3 charter to qualify, and if they don't toe the line, the government can take away their tax exempt status by taking away their charter.
This is simply not true.
Something the government would rather not tell you....
 
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Why are churches tax-exempt in the first place, anyway?
The wall of separation requires minimal financial entanglement - churches shouldn't influence or profit from the government and vice versa.
 
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The wall of separation requires minimal financial entanglement - churches shouldn't influence or profit from the government and vice versa.
As I understand it, it was LBJ...Lyndon Johnson...who came up with the 501c3 idea for churches, about 50 years or so ago...the idea was to put a gag on the churches...to keep them from influencing public policy.
And it has worked...
 
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As I understand it, it was LBJ...Lyndon Johnson...who came up with the 501c3 idea for churches, about 50 years or so ago...the idea was to put a gag on the churches...to keep them from influencing public policy.
And it has worked...
Remove that gag, and tax them.
 
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For me, marriage is a sacred spiritual institution and is witnessed over by God as such. It is not a government institution. It matters not to me what additional law man makes in the world that promulgates or gives permission for sin because I do not live in the world. I live in the Spirit.

Man might think he is married but it matters not. God made marriage between a man and a woman, end of story.

People break God's law all the time. This latest debacle in America is just another example of the lawlessness of human beings, not the only one, not the first, and not the last. Since man created government he has been breaking covenant with God's Law.
Well, it's only the government institution that's changed, so you don't have to worry.
 
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Remove that gag, and tax them.
You don't understand, JustOneWay...churches need not accept the gag in the first place.
We do not need a 501c3 charter to be tax exempt...we already are tax exempt under IRS law without it.
Even IRS workers wonder why we volunteer to place ourselves in such an untenable position.
 
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Why are churches tax-exempt in the first place, anyway?
Churches do not generate wealth. They exist by the donations of members who have already paid taxes on the money they donate. If a church group ventures into real estate development or some business for profit that's different because they are generating new wealth.

How many times should we tax the same money?
 
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Well, it's only the government institution that's changed, so you don't have to worry.
I would agree with you, Armoured, if Christians were left to stand up for what we believe in our public, as well as our private lives. Christianity is not something we are supposed to hide away...our light is supposed to be placed where it can shine into the darkness around us.
This notion that our faith ought to be kept at home or in church is NOT what our Lord taught us, nor what the apostles advocated.
 
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Churches do not generate wealth. They exist by the donations of members who have already paid taxes on the money they donate. If a church group ventures into real estate development or some business for profit that's different because they are generating new wealth.

How many times should we tax the same money?
Exactly. And that is why the church is tax exempt under IRS law without any charter.
And your donations to the church are automatically deductible too.
And all of this goes for any religious organization. It is in our IRS code.
 
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Churches do not generate wealth. They exist by the donations of members who have already paid taxes on the money they donate. If a church group ventures into real estate development or some business for profit that's different because they are generating new wealth.

How many times should we tax the same money?
LOL. Members have paid taxes on the money, but the churches have not. You need to remember this is church income, and yes churches do generate wealth.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...give-religions-more-than-82-5-billion-a-year/
 
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I propose that Christians simply stop applying for state-sanctioned marriage licenses. We don't need them for our marriages to be recognized by God.
After awhile, perhaps boycotting the state agencies will send a message that can't be ignored...
 
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