i support gay marriage for several reasons but when you come right down to it, i don’t believe that the government has any role to play in determining which two adults who are not related can be married. it’s an intrusion of the government into something intensely personal, and for that reason alone should be opposed.
there are those who insist that they oppose gay marriage because their faith dictates so. this is, quite frankly, ignorant. within the christian bible, there is no scriptural prohibition against gay marriage, and ultimately, the bible spends a whole lot more time decrying other things such as greed or lying than it does matters of homosexuality. yet we don’t prevent the greedy or the liars from getting married, do we?
to be honest, i submit that social conservative opposition to gay marriage is in fact a function of a peculiar obsession they have with homosexuality. when the reverend* billy graham says that’s the case, you know that something’s up:
i think that the bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but the bible also teaches that pride is a sin, jealously is a sin, and hate is a sin, evil thoughts are a sin, and so i don't think that homosexuality should be chosen as the overwhelming sin that we are doing today.
and that’s simply besides the point anyway, because when you come right down to it, religion is not the basis for law in this country: the united states of america is not a theocracy.
so what’s your view of gay marriage? and why?
ed
*previously read "late"--i incorrectly believed dr. graham was deceased.
