Gay Marriage and the Church

[theapportioner]

The position of many Christians is that it is okay to be a homosexual person, but that homosexual acts are morally condemnable.

Now, putting aside the recent Supreme Court decision overturning anti-sodomy laws, what is the connection between homosexual acts and gay marriage? Is the idea that gay marriage would encourage homosexual activity? If so, how does this follow?

Of course, this is preposterous. I seriously doubt making gay marriages legal would have any effect on the incidence of homosexual acts.

It is one thing to say that God made marriages sacred - it is entirely another thing to say that and condemn homosexual acts in the same breath (Bishop O'Malley of Boston has done this) - for they are not condemning the acts at all, but the people.