Why Does the Government Validate Marriage at All? Why Do We Need Them To?

Do I have to search the web? Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed because of their blatant acceptance of homosexuality. They even wanted to "have their way" with the angels God sent to warn Lot and his family. The only reason Lot was warned was because Abraham implored the Lord to save him from that destruction. I used to wonder why Lot would stay in a place like that...

Lot moved there because it was a rich place (like America). I asked you to 'Search the Web' because a) it helps out your myLot earnings when you do it from the top of any myLot-page, and b) because I thought perhaps someone had seen the actual lesson to be learned there. NOT 'that God's wrath will destroy the place if it encourages homosexuality'--God's wrath destroys everything in the world, homosexual or not--because Jesus's sacrifice cooled-off God to whatever destruction we work here ... oh, we'll suffer for our sins; but only because we desire to suffer (to justify the wrongs we do). I looked, and only found more 'God's wrath'll getcha'-warnings. I guess people better start giving the REAL warning: focusing too much on our own little pleasures, we're distracted from the dangers this world cooks-up.

'Men laying with other men' was just one of the distractions in S-&-G, and anti-Bible people dismiss S-&-G as 'just another one of those "You'd better be good, or else God will send angels to beat-you-up-and-bust-you-up-and-break-you-... etc."-stories.' Would you please "Search the Web" for the Sodom-and-Gomorrah story to see what we're expected to truly learn from it?

First is the separation of church and state. This subject is as good of an example as you will ever get. The government has no business in my bedroom, my marriage or with me at the doctor's office. I elect them to take care of the stuff I can't do like protect the country or take care of the highways, national parks etc. The founding fathers had the good sense to write all that down on paper. Why the elected officials today don't understand it makes me think that all schools should go back to teaching civics. Obviously they never took the class. Second how does it personally affect you (meaning the collective) if a gay couple gets married? Why shouldn't they? They are people just like anyone else. This should not be about gender,race or creed or even religion. No one is saying ALL churches have to allow the ceremonies. The couples are asking for legal rights. Why shouldn't they have the same protections as anyone else? Are we going to go back to making gays and other races ride in the back of the bus again? Did we not learn anything from our history? We are better than that, aren't we?

Okay, this is not about church. 'Church' and 'State' are two different governments, like 'gym class' and 'literature class.' Sure, some rules for one work the same way as in the other; but they apply separately. 'Church' is a group of people who organize themselves around holy wisdom (wisdom usually in a book). "State' is a group of people who organize themselves around the fact that they live near one another (and so they write a set of rules to keep peaceful). As macdingolinger was saying, marriage is an EXTRA protection. Heterosexual marriage provides 'something' to the State (if not future citizens, then at least a good example of 'the cross we must bear'---partnership with one of 'the other gender'). So heterosexual marriage gets something back. Homosexual marriage provides as much to the State as 'two single roommates,' so they get as much protection!

That's right, just like a string-quartet is ALWAYS 'two violins, a viola, and a cello.' Now, that's not to say 'four violas' can't get together and play music. You just wouldn't write in the program that they're a 'string quartet' when you could write that they're a 'viola quartet.'

The latest science I've read (you can "Search the Web" for 'born homosexual studies' or something) indicated that homosexual tendencies are present in everyone (some people more than others). There's also a tendency for cancer in some people more than others. Do we encourage them to feed their cancer?