If marriage is sacred, why are there government benefits?

  • Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.

    If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!

    To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
S

smithbr8

Guest
#1
#1
There are tax breaks, official "legal" standing as husband and wife, etc. Our government is not to single out one religion as the superior one in America. Freedom of religion, etc. So how can something mandated by the government be "sacred"? We as Christians are worried about ruining the sanctity of marriage, but the word sanctity shows that the event is sacred. If the event is sacred, why is the government involved in any way whatsoever?
 
J

jimmydiggs

Guest
#2
#2
smithbr8 said:
There are tax breaks, official "legal" standing as husband and wife, etc. Our government is not to single out one religion as the superior one in America. Freedom of religion, etc. So how can something mandated by the government be "sacred"? We as Christians are worried about ruining the sanctity of marriage, but the word sanctity shows that the event is sacred. If the event is sacred, why is the government involved in any way whatsoever?
Click to expand...
Government involvement is not by the necessity of it's own nature evil or wrong concerning marriage. It is the extent of that involvement, and to what government determines it will do with that involvement.

The sanctity of marriage, is not in anyway threatened or reduced by a tax-benefit.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.