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Unfortunately, marriage needs to be a government sanctioned event because not all people act ethically when (a) the marriage dissolves or (b) in the act of marriage (ie - marrying minors or cats). So, we need to have laws to protect people and freedom.
You can have laws protecting all parties without giving government the power to tell us who we can marry.
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If your God does indeed exist ( and I am genuinely open to proof ) then let him/her deal with the offenders who affront his/her dignity so much. I am fairly sure any supernatural being is big and powerful enough to punish those who trespass against him/her.
Humans intervention is not required. Why do believers always feel they have to become the Police force for their deities. The Wrath of God should surely be pretty obvious and divine retribution swift and decisive every time anyone breaks the laws ordained by him/her.
So far I have seen plenty of happy, healthy Gay people living productive lives and no sign of a deity smiting them....
Plenty of really evil doers , dictators, murderers, rapists, paedophiles, human traffickers also not being punished oddly enough. Seems a rather passive agressive deity expecting humans to do his/her job. God really does not seem to care a great deal about whether you are good or evil. Perhaps because he/she was created out of a fevered human over active imagination and desire to explain concepts too hard to deal with a the time and based on fear and ignorance.
Fortunately we now possess a little more understanding of our world, a little bit more knowledge, grasp of science and physics and an comprehension of basic principles of our universe and many of us are gradually turning to common sense, logic and reason and away from fairy tales and superstition.
If your God so objects to Homosexuality then let him/her deal with it and execute punishment and pass judgement. Or do you presume to take his/her place and turn into God too ?
Perhaps if he/she can't be bothered to intervene he is not quite as offended as you believe him/her to be.... Or simply does not exist.
You can have laws protecting all parties without giving government the power to tell us who we can marry.
How?
The government doesn't tell us who to marry. The government, elected by US, institutes laws to protect those who cannot consent - minors, animals and others unable to speak for themselves.
No time to read all the posts right now. I have a middle aged child who has been in a monogamous relationship for 20 years with a SSP. They could care less about the word "marriage" and only want some kind of civil union protection. I agree. G/L's have killed their chances of gaining some equality by sticking with the "marriage" word.
My child is currently facing a disability that will probably cause her to lose her job in the end. She cannot be picked up on her partners insurance, though all their house, cars, bank accounts, etc, etc, are comingled. What a shame.
The OP poses a question that I have pondered many times. MOrally, I am against it but, I see the arguments.
Get back on topic before the mods pop in and lock the thread.
Thanks.
Locking this thread might not be a bad thing.
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