Something for Christians to think about regarding gay marriage

I think too many Christians are staring themselves blind against laws, and forget the most important part of the Bible. The Bible is about God, and god is into relationships. God wants for us to have a relationship with Him, and through that relationship each shall know what God desires of them. The Bible was not written to give us laws, but rather teach us about God's love and relationship with people. Each will stand before God and give account for their doings, even Christians who use the Bible in a wrong way and who condemn others. Who am I to judge. let each person make it out with the Lord if he/she so desires. I believe God is interested in all people and wants to have a relationship with all people. If you have a relationship with someone, you know what that person expects from you, and because you love that person, you will respect their ways. Same with God, if I love Him, I will know what is right between Him and me. We do not need government laws to enforce our Christian values upon us, we need a relationship with God. So, you are right, we should not expect our views to be government laws. Blessings

I know exactly what you mean, I brought this up in my previous comment, but those people seem to forget that there is supposed to be "Separation of Church and State", that means that there is not supposed to be religion or religious views mixed in with government or laws. And you already pointed out lots of valid reasons for there always being that rule, because not everyone shares the same beliefs. The fact of the matter is there really is no non-religious reason why marriage can only be between a man and a woman. If christians or any other religion could legislate their religious practices then that is not very democratic because you are infringing and trying to change other religions(or athesists)rights or beliefs in a legal way through the government. The beauty of this country is that everyone can be different and thats acceptable, as long as they are safe and non violent about it, I don't think it could stay that way if a religion had influence over laws

What should have been done was from the beginning the Constitution should have stated that marriage is to be between man and woman and that divorce can only be granted for adultery, and extreme violence against one's spouse. It was not until the homosexual (also known as sodomites), lesbian or same-gender crowd decided that they wanted the same rights and more privileges then the rest of society. There would have no need for an amendment if someone back then had not had the gift of foreknowledge to know that in the 21st century a minority group that committed a gross sin want their sin to be made no sin and us who believed in marriage being between man and wife to be considered doing the gross sin. As for God, HE is the only God, and if HE wants some to be kept in their present state, we cannot fault HIM. And if one is guilty of one sin, one is guilty of all. They all are intertwined. both homosexuality and adultery are bad for society. Also remember years ago adultery was considered very serious. It should have been kept that way.

You are absolutely right, we do not gave the right to enforce our beliefs on anyone!I for one do not think a gay person getting married makes me any less married to my husband.

Their already talking about wanting triad marriages now, where will it all end? I suppose after that we will have to make poligamy legal. 80% of the country is against gay marriage, even President Obama is against it. Doesn't that account for anything? Why can't they just be satisfied with civil services?

I applaud you, katran - you have wonderfully expounded a very true point on this topic. Perhaps it would be best if I posted a recent argument I made on this topic. It's more to deal with the Bible; how it doesn't even truly and definitively forbid homosexuality, and not the practical sort we discuss these days, relevant to our time and culture. Here's the link: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2006888.aspx

Nicely done. No doubt we'd have a VERY different Constitution if radical Christians had written it or were allowed to rewrite it. Christian love should have enough forgiveness and understanding to accept different lifestyles. At least work to better individual lives when they find fault, not legislate against freedoms.

Marriage itself isn't even mentioned in our constitution. It olny became a legal matter at the state level...until taxes became involved in it....go figure, then it became a federal issue. I think the government should get out of the marriage issue altogether. Divorces can be viewd as any other civil copntractual matter for purposes of property devision etc, and the custody issues can be settled as well in civil courts, but the insituttion of marriage itself should never have become a government matter. I am not a christian, I'm actualy Pagan, (this suprises people), but I do have a traditional view of marriage. I am a conservative person as well as a libertarian yes, notice I make a distinction there.

You ask" Why does any Christian believe it is okay for us to legislate our own religious prejudice?" I suppose I believe we have the right to make a law that reflects our beliefs is that this is the way the Constitution of the United States has the making of law set up. First, we vote for Senators and Representatives in Congress who best represent our viewpoints. We do this on a state level as well. Members of Congress may draft and put forth bills, which are then voted upon by the House and Senate members and if passed, submitted to the President for his signature or veto. The goal of course, is for the members of Congress to adequately represent the views of their constituencies. Our views and beliefs might be considered our prejudices. At this time, there is no majority of US voters who favor legalizing gay marriage as a federal law. Some states have some forms of civil unions or marriages, voted upon by the citizens of those states. Other states have citizens who have voted to ban gay marriage in their particular states, such as California. We do have the right to support the making of laws that reflect our beliefs, no matter what religion we are or whether we have no religious affiliation. As citizens of the United States, we have every right to support legislating our views into law. They only become law if a majority agree with us. At the present time, a majority of people are not in favor of gay marriage. I don't believe that a majority of people want to turn the bible into law, so there must be some people who aren't Christians, or who don't consider it strictly a religious belief, who do not support gay marriage rights. You should really go find them and try to convince them.

I don't believe that religious beliefs should be mixed with legislation but this is a hot button issue. Either way some group is going to be offended.

i also am a born-again Christian with pretty conservative beliefs. i do not believe that the homosexual lifestyle is moral or ok- i believe in the Bible and what it says concerning marriage. that being said, i have many gay friends. i do not judge them or hate them because of the lifestyle they have chosen. it is their right, and just because they choose to do something that i do not agree with does not mean i love them any less. Christianity is about loving people, but God also does not require that we be tolerant. i also think there cannot be laws against adultery and things like that because there would be no way to monitor something like that.

i am so happy to hear a christian say that! you would not believe the amount of christians i know that knock at my door trying to talk to me about gay relationships and gay marriage. I have many gay friends, its not a life choice its the way you are you cannot help it. I have yet been to a gay marriage ceremony but would jump at the chance to if i could!!