Is God dead?

[Perndog]

Originally Posted by Brandon

First of all, not everyone who opposes gay marriage is a fundamentalist.

And, to be honest, I do think semantics is a sticking point. People seem to be much more tolerant of the idea of "civil unions," but feel defining "marriage" as anything other than one man and one woman will somehow cheapen the institution.

Once again, I'm not denying that homophobia was a motivator for many -- I just feel it's inappropriate to assume that everyone who opposed gay marriage is some kind of bigot.

Not explicitly. But...well, yes, they are.

Because if it really, truly, HONESTLY were about the "sanctity of marriage," two things would have MILES of precedence over keeping gays from getting married.

1) Adultery would be criminalized. The Bible has more passages about adultery than about homosexuality.

2) Legal divorces would cease. Jesus himself said, in at least one of the Gospels, that divorce is a sin and all divorcees who remarry are adulterers. See point 1.

But shucks, anyone can slip up with that pretty neighbor lady, and plenty of normal people just pick the wrong hubby the first two or three times! We can't have adultery or divorce be illegal, that would just mess people up!

But only freaks would have sex with their own gender, though, and we gotta put a stop to that!

Seriously. If you strip away the self-deceit and don't read scripture selectively, that last paragraph is all they've got.