Everyone is entitled to some opinion on same-sex marriages, and live their life accordingly. But the freedom of individuals to live their life should not be limited by the religious or otherwise ideological convictions they do not share.
Particularly if the exertion of that freedom does not yield any obvious harm. Matter of fact is that same-sex marriages do not appear to yield any harm in the many countries in which they have been introduced, for over 15 years now. So it is safe to change the 'law of the land' and introduce same-sex marriage all over the US, a country with no totalitarian state religion, thank God.
Many christians worldwide do not buy into the literal interpretation of biblical words that seem to limit marriage to male-female relationships. Of course, orthodox christians are entitled to take the Bible literally. But if you use that as an argument, then you must not cherrypick, and take ALL of the Bible literally. If you don't, you apparently hold the text as negotiable, so the argument evaporates.
It is an act of equality, humanity and decency, if not to say and act of love, to open secular marriage to same-sex couples. i hope that, over time, all of American christians will open their hearts, accept the reality of same-sex marriage, and appreciate them as the joyful bond between to loving individuals that it is.
If the present generation of US christians cannot open their hearts, I am sure that their children will, or their grandchildren. Like we once rightly got rid of any theological objections to mixed-race marriages, too.
Everyone is entitled to some opinion on same-sex marriages, and live their life accordingly. But the freedom of individuals to live their life should not be limited by the religious or otherwise ideological convictions they do not share.
Particularly if the exertion of that freedom does not yield any obvious harm. Matter of fact is that same-sex marriages do not appear to yield any harm in the many countries in which they have been introduced, for over 15 years now. So it is safe to change the 'law of the land' and introduce same-sex marriage all over the US, a country with no totalitarian state religion, thank God.
Many christians worldwide do not buy into the literal interpretation of biblical words that seem to limit marriage to male-female relationships. Of course, orthodox christians are entitled to take the Bible literally. But if you use that as an argument, then you must not cherrypick, and take ALL of the Bible literally. If you don't, you apparently hold the text as negotiable, so the argument evaporates.
It is an act of equality, humanity and decency, if not to say and act of love, to open secular marriage to same-sex couples. i hope that, over time, all of American christians will open their hearts, accept the reality of same-sex marriage, and appreciate them as the joyful bond between to loving individuals that it is.
If the present generation of US christians cannot open their hearts, I am sure that their children will, or their grandchildren. Like we once rightly got rid of any theological objections to mixed-race marriages, too.
All in God's hand.