Christians response to gay marriage?

[kaylagrl]

That's a false equivalency

How??

 

[Dude653]

Also I think it comes across as arrogant to think that someone else needs you "condone"what they're doing. What consenting adults are doing is none of my business
That's like saying you put too much salt on your mashed potatoes and I don't condone that. Who cares right?

 

[HeIsHere]

No... it naturally follows that government should NOT regulate or INTERFERE with marriage.

Who will define what is marriage then?

 

[Dude653]

How??

Abortion terminates life. Two same-sex couples getting married doesn't. If you don't see the difference I can't help you.
One thing I can say with 100% certainty is that a same-sex couple will never have an abortion

 

[Dude653]

As for the government getting involved in marriage, remember when the government had to get involved in tell the states they can't stop interracial couples from getting married?

 

[HeIsHere]

Also I think it comes across as arrogant to think that someone else needs you "condone"what they're doing. What consenting adults are doing is none of my business
That's like saying you put too much salt on your mashed potatoes and I don't condone that. Who cares right?

Do you believe in the good news and Christ Jesus as savior or all mankind?

Do you think that that brings with it responsibility of how we are to live in a society?

 

[SomeDisciple]

Who will define what is marriage then?

Who defines what marriage is now? It's obviously not the government, because they think two dudes can get married.

 

[HeIsHere]

Abortion terminates life. Two same-sex couples getting married doesn't. If you don't see the difference I can't help you.

One instantaneous the other is a slow death.

 

[HeIsHere]

Who defines what marriage is now? It's obviously not the government, because they think two dudes can get married.

So then who?

 

[Dude653]

Who defines what marriage is now? It's obviously not the government, because they think two dudes can get married.

The state decides. That's the law. You can have a church waiting with all the bills and whistles but you're still not married until you sign that contract with the state

 

[SomeDisciple]

So then who?

Religious institutions already have their own definitions and guidelines surrounding marriage. Non-religious people define their relationships however they want already... and like i said they really don't need a civil "marriage" when our government's idea of marriage is a mockery.

 

[SomeDisciple]

The state decides. That's the law. You can have a church waiting with all the bills and whistles but you're still not married until you sign that contract with the state

What the state has to say about marriage is an uninformed commentary.

 

[Dude653]

What the state has to say about marriage is an uninformed commentary.

No. It's not
That's literally how marriage works. You're not married until you purchase the marriage license and sign it

 

[SomeDisciple]

No. It's not
That's literally how marriage works. You're not married until you purchase the marriage license and sign it

It's how marriage works according to the state. We've been talking about changing how it works according to the state. We don't need marriage according to the state at all.

 

[HeIsHere]

Religious institutions already have their own definitions and guidelines surrounding marriage. Non-religious people define their relationships however they want already... and like i said they really don't need a civil "marriage" when our government's idea of marriage is a mockery.

I do understand what you are arguing, and agree to a point.

The problem does not stem from the governments role in marriage but from people with an agenda who wielded tremendous influence and power, who won while people of various religions who hold to traditional marriage let it happen.

 

[SomeDisciple]

The problem does not stem from the governments role in marriage

It does, because if the SCOTUS had decided that government should stay out of marriage, like it stays out of religion- and if we didn't give married people special privileges then Gay people would not have an incentive to persue "marriage" in the first place. It should have never even come to this.

 

[HealthAndHappiness]

God predates anything the little people in the past have decided by fiat or by election .
Marriage is defined by Jesus as He refers to His prize creation on the 6th day.
He takes it seriously.
He hates divorce.

Does anyone need quotes?

 

[Dude653]

It's how marriage works according to the state. We've been talking about changing how it works according to the state. We don't need marriage according to the state at all.

Yes we do. Same reason the government had to tell States they can't stop interracial couples from getting married

 

[SomeDisciple]

Yes we do. Same reason the government had to tell States they can't stop interracial couples from getting married

No, we don't. All the SCOTUS had to do was say that the state had to stay out of marriage. Problem solved.

 

[Dude653]

I do understand what you are arguing, and agree to a point.

The problem does not stem from the governments role in marriage but from people with an agenda who wielded tremendous influence and power, who won while people of various religions who hold to traditional marriage let it happen.

They let it happen because America is a constitutional republic and not a theocracy.
Supreme Court decided that same-sex couples have the same constitutional rights as any other couple
If you act according to biblical law, you're going to be a criminal in any state in america. That's why we don't Stone people for blasphemy or burn witches in the 21st century