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Originally Posted by ExclusiveSavior  Civil unions = yes
gay marriage = why should a religion change for people they consider evil? If you don't like it, find a religion that accepts it. If not, suck it up or outlet your rage toward the failings of secularism. |
I realistically think civil unions will eventually be more universal.
Beyond that, you're not asking for religion to change. If my religion holds that there's this practice called marriage and X,Y,Z are it's details (X being the couple is heterosexual, etc.), and Bob and Charlie over there on an island that's their own country don't like my religion and don't want to follow it, they can make up their own laws as to how their country will operate. Why does the change in Bob and Charlie's governmental laws change my religion?
I don't think it does at all. Could you use that same argument on any change of US law? If the law changed to allow all abortions no matter how late in the pregnancy they occur, and that they'd be federally funded by YOUR tax dollars, would you again ask "why should a religion change for people they consider evil? Exactly how would the religion itself change?
If marriage was a tradition that was found only in a paticular religion than you'd have much better ground to stand on, but as it's not because of it being virtually global regardless of government or religion, you really don't have any good ground at all.
As far as my response to the thread in general.....
Overall, the opposition to gay marriage can be seen as one of christianitys' sore thumbs sticking out, that needs to be eventually cut off. It's ironic that the true teachings of the Bible indeed point to sexual compassion as a part of compassion in general.