Preach this. Write about this. Endorse this. Just stop trying to legislate it.
Right on.
I simply do not think that two gays can enter the institution called marriage; I think they should be allowed to enter any legally binding contract with one another but just as how I cannot lend money to people and call myself a 'Bank' without being a registered, licensed facility, I should not insist on calling myself a Bank.
Marriage is a heterosexual institution.
However, I support civil unions between anybody, anything and for any reason. Society is built upon contracts.
I do want to say, though, that I do not support gay adoption. But that is not the topic of this thread.
If you're so worried about Godly marriages and Godly children then where's the call to make all marriages between non-Christians illegal? Or are you just going to ignore all the parts of those verses except "Male and female" including the part that mentions God?
Marriage is the institution of the family, essentially, and each family is entitled to teach whatever values it desires -- whether they are Christian, atheist, Hindu, Islamic, etc. ad nauseum.
Having a loving mother and father is very important and I believe in the freedom of folks to raise kids how they see fit providing it is not a form of child abuse. Mothers and fathers set very important roles for kids.
There is value in any parenting.
I know folks who were raised atheist that are outstanding, well rounded people though certainly I must insist they are missing some things that those raised in Christian homes receive.
I think the lessons of Jesus Christ change lives and foster the highest of moral conduct (
when applied).
That's funny, because then you say . . .
My uncle left my aunt while she had cancer and two kids for a high-schooler; and their marriage was sanctified? And when my other aunt spends more time with certified losers instead of taking her children to school, her fleet marriages are sanctified too? Gee, these heterosexual marriages must be sublime. They seem so happy and divorce free, preaching their ideals of perfect marriage on account of having children while ignoring the subtleties of relationships. I suppose the ensuing divorce and nearly criminal marriage were also sanctified. Like the ability of our Roman progenitors to sell their offspring into slavery on a whim or kill them for insolence. I especially like the ability to physically and forcefully enjoy your wife at any time of day; just as the traditional and historical foundation of marriage says.
But I'm getting ahead of myself. I see your point that they are there to produce children (loving little crap factories they are) ... Wait, so only heterosexual couples who have children, as opposed to homosexuals who could adopt orphaned children, are capable of love? I can't say for certain my relatives are capable of loving their wonderful children, which is why I'd rather have them replaced with more loving couples (gay or not) on any given day.
In Christianity, we learn that in marriage a man is a woman's property and a woman is a man's property; there is mutual ownership; on sex, it is said that the two should have sex to fulfill one another to avoid temptation. There is certainly nothing about 'forcing.'
Of course, there are people who are flawed -- I think moreso since the 60s as we became a more self-centered, unhealthily individualistic society.
Luckily, I was able to observe a very happy and fulfilling marriage through my parents.
