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Having more than one wife is biblical.
Pounding a dude in the ass is not.
Polygamy was only allowed in the times of the ancient Jews and it can only be understood in the correct context of that time (life expectancy was short and many women died during child birth, so having multiple wives made it more possible to have future offspring). It was changed when it was no longer needed, and Jesus said that sleeping with another woman who is not your wife is adultery.
Homosexuality was always forbidden in both the Old and the New Testament. It is listed along with adultery and many other sins. However we are called to love and care for all sinners, including homosexuals. True Christians do not hate gays.
Yes I figured that would be your answer, because this crusade you're on is as much about forcing people to accept homosexuality as much as it is about reaping the legal benefits of marriage, isn't it? If it were only about the benefits, My suggestion would work out perfectly. Both sides are stubborn and unrelenting. I see valid points on both sides of the spectrum. On one hand, gay people are in fact humans and deserve to be treated with the same respect as anyone else. They deserve legal recognition of their union to another, and I have no problem with that. On the other, the definition of marriage has been for thousands of years, the union of one man and one woman. The fight to change that definition is tant-amount to wanting to change the definition of a pen to include wooden cylindrical sticks with led in them.
Just admit it... this isn't only about legal benefits.....
I'm a Conservative Christian and I agree with this entirely. It would end the whole debate and everyone would get what they want. Marriage is religious thing, Government is not, so the two have no business with each other. Sure you don't need to be religious or have a priest marry you, but the concept and word is still based upon religious, social, and family constructs.
One thing that I dislike is how militant gay activists and their supporters have become. They ignorantly call anyone who disagrees with them hatefulwords like bigot and homophobe. Which is wrong because I, and most other people of our position, do not hate or fear them. We love and respect them just like everyone else, we simply disagree with the lifestyle for Religious and obviously Natural reasons. That's not hate, that's just disagreeing, and we have every right to it.
You're use of the term "lifestyle choice" implies that being gay is a choice, which is something anyone of a rational mind would disagree with. I realize the religious right have to frame the argument this way in order to keep their barbaric beliefs valid, because to accept the fact that homosexuals are in fact born gay, would be to accept that "God" made them that way.
Polygamy was only allowed in the times of the ancient Jews and it can only be understood in the correct context of that time (life expectancy was short and many women died during child birth, so having multiple wives made it more possible to have future offspring). It was changed when it was no longer needed, and Jesus said that sleeping with another woman who is not your wife is adultery.
Homosexuality was always forbidden in both the Old and the New Testament. It is listed along with adultery and many other sins. However we are called to love and care for all sinners, including homosexuals. True Christians do not hate gays.
Are the true Christians the same ones causing the high divorce rates in this country? Who is commiting adultry, the true Christians? Oh that's right, everyone sins!
I agree with you on the reasons for polygamy. I think the only reason why The Bible considered homosexuality to be a sin is because it hindered on the major goal of growing the population. Today, not everyone needs to reproduce. I'm all for same sex marriage, and I know it won't hurt my marriage, or any other marriage.
Nonsense. The LDS do not practice polygamy, they ended that years ago. Mormons do no such thing, where did you hear this from? A liberal loon on TV? Huffington Post? LOL!
And no, I'm not a Mormon or LDS member. I'm a Christian and I disagree with the Mormon religion, however I like Mormon people and respect them. These lies about them are just ignorant.
Homosexuality was always forbidden in both the Old and the New Testament. It is listed along with adultery and many other sins. However we are called to love and care for all sinners, including homosexuals. True Christians do not hate gays.
Nowhere in the Dhamapada or in the entire Tripitaka is homosexuality or gay marriage forbidden or prohibited. As a Buddhist these are the only religious texts that concern me. I mean no disrespect, but quite frankly I don't give a flying fig about the doctrines or dogmas of other religious beliefs. This is the USA and we have no official or state religion. Period. So please don't try to force your religious customs on me.
True Buddhists not only do not hate gays but honor them with respect and dignity.
Here's a gem of an idea..... how about government gets out of the marriage business all together? No gay marriage, no straight marriage.
This idea and the idea put forth earlier about making all of it just a civil contract makes the most sense. But what does ignorant little me know?
I also think there's a larger more far reaching agenda at work, this is not just about same sex marriage.
Great, are you first in line to give up your marriage license and file for a divorce? When I see hordes of straight couples giving up their civil marriage licenses, then I will believe you and everyone else that says they want the government out of marriage. The government is involved in marriage because it CANNOT be left up to the church or religion for they would in turn deny marriage to who ever they want to and base it on race, religion, age and sex. History has shown that over and over, give religion control over marriage and they become tyrants.
You mean like the guys in D.C.?
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