Irrefutable!Legalizing "gay marriage" has had a BIG effect on our society! And it's detrimental.
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Irrefutable!Legalizing "gay marriage" has had a BIG effect on our society! And it's detrimental.
Legalizing "gay marriage" has had a BIG effect on our society! And it's detrimental.
No. It is not.
If i refuse to recognize their 'union' especially, if i refuse to alllow my premises to be used to 'celebrate their union' i am likely to be sued..
Should I have the right to refuse to help 'celebrate' their union in any way?
Peace!
The issue is what we call "marriage", not approval.That's like saying that we "approve" of sky-diving simply because we have determined that it is legal to do so.
The issue is what we call "marriage", not approval.
It does not matter if you "agree" with it or not! It is PROOF that harm is inflicted on the Third Party; Christians!I agree that bakers should be free to discriminate against anyone for any reason. Government should not have the power to FORCE a supposedly "free" citizen to unwillingly perform work for another.
Good one! Try to quote Shakespeare instead of the Bible, lol!A rose by another name...
A rose by another name...
All the more reason for state governments to be OUT Of the marriage business. Christians can get married in their respective churches and gay people can get married within their organization, if any.
Gay marriage has ZERO effect on anyone else.
"Everyone!" How about the effects of legalizing it? How about disagreeing with making it legal? How about not condoning it? How about being concerned with the adopted children? Making it illegal is not going to work.Yes, I believe you did miss something. To answer your second question, virtually everyone in this thread wants to use the power of government to prevent same-sex marriage.
I agree with most of what you say here, but what does the last sentence mean?"Everyone!" How about the effects of legalizing it? How about disagreeing with making it legal? How about not condoning it? How about being concerned with the adopted children? Making it illegal is not going to work.
Well, making it illegal would make Christians feel good. But it really does not stop much. Government and insurance companies have been recognizing domestic partners for years. Some people get married by the justice of the peace. Some get married in a ceremony without a licence. As Christians we do and should object to the sacrilegious nature of it, from start to finish.I agree with most of what you say here, but what does the last sentence mean?
Well, making it illegal would make Christians feel good. But it really does not stop much. Government and insurance companies have been recognizing domestic partners for years. Some people get married by the justice of the peace. Some get married in a ceremony without a licence. As Christians we do and should object to the sacrilegious nature of it, from start to finish.
Should a church allow a married homosexual couple in their congregation...talk about habitual sin! Do we want to subject Christian children to this display of total rebellion against God? NOOOOO!
On the other side of the coin anyone that tries to suggest that homosexuality is a harmless sin...is absolutely wrong!
I agree, Christians should prefer that it is not legal, but, in motion, the amount of force and processes it would take to totally stop it, to enforce it, would end up being a sin in itself. These people call any kind of law and order a police state, they are messed up as a soup sandwich, but the amount of surveillance and the force it would take to prevent it would cause a level of persecution that I know, being a historian, that it would make Christianity out to be a monster. The Catholic Church tried this sort of thing and they are still trying to live all that down.The legality of it is harmful because it is changing society's perception of marriage in general among other things.... The articles I posted address this problem.
I agree that it has created a monster for churches and also for Christian business owners to deal with. And like I pointed out before, it hurts children!
I have a personal belief that statues are a form of paganism. But I would support it as a voice for Christianity.What if it was a statue of Jesus? Would you support it? Or would you say that it's probably better that we permit public lands to be free of religious ideology?