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Premarital sex is also intrinsically immoral, but it's not adultery and it doesn't invalidate a marriage. One can commit all kinds of sins before marriage and still be validly married.
Adultery is different. An adulterer cannot marry his or her partner because one or the other of them is already married to someone else. Yet, sometimes they pretend to do exactly that - just like homosexuals pretend to be married. If the owner of any business involved in celebrating marriages has certain knowledge that a particular "marriage" is an adulterous union rather than a valid marriage, that business should refuse services for the occasion.
Whether a business owner should take it upon himself to investigate the validity of every marriage for every event he is asked to serve is a different question. That would be wildly impractical. Unless one has infallible knowledge of an impediment to marriage (e.g., it's a same-sex couple), it's legitimate to make a presumption of validity for anyone who presents themselves as married.
Except homosexuality. Thanks for the clarification.
Except homosexuality. Thanks for the clarification.
Homosexuality is not an exception. One can commit sins of a homosexual nature before and even during a perfectly valid marriage. Why is this so hard to grasp?
As for presumption of validity, that's impossible with same-sex couples because the marriage impediment is known to all.
Remember slavery? Jim Crow? Statutory law doesn't determine what's right or wrong; neither does it determine which rights are intrinsic to man and which rights are merely creatures of the state.
I remember that people with views similar to yours offered "Christian" explanations for their opposition to racial integration and interracial marriage, and formed "massive resistance" just as you wish would happen against gay marriage.
I remember that people with views similar to yours offered "Christian" explanations for their opposition to racial integration and interracial marriage, and formed "massive resistance" just as you wish would happen against gay marriage.
There were Christians offering theological arguments on both sides of those controversies. One side was right and the other was wrong. What do any of those arguments have to do with this topic?
Homosexuality is not an exception. One can commit sins of a homosexual nature before and even during a perfectly valid marriage. Why is this so hard to grasp?
As for presumption of validity, that's impossible with same-sex couples because the marriage impediment is known to all.
What marriage impediment? If you mean having kids biologically, well then all sterile married couples, seniors are not married then because of their impediment. You are full of it and just keep spreading it around. Lies, lies and more lies from you. Sinning only pertains to those who believe in the bible, I do not and thus your views do not pertain to me. Keep your bible to yourself.
There were Christians offering theological arguments on both sides of those controversies. One side was right and the other was wrong. What do any of those arguments have to do with this topic?
You are using your belief in your bible to argue points that pertain to everyone. Same as christians did with interracial marriage.. Your side is using their bible to make laws agains gay people, that is wrong and unjust.
Sinning only pertains to those who believe in the bible...
And thirst only pertains to those who believe in water.
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