original from 2015
There still seems to be some confusion about the new ruling on gay marriage. What it means is that the states are not allowed to make it illegal. It does not mean that churches are forced to do gay marriages, although they can if they want to. We have had multiple definitions of marriage for a long time now. From a Christian perspective a marriage is a union between God and 2 people. We already had another form of marriage that excludes God. If 2 atheists wanted to get married they could go to the government and get a marriage license that is a union between 2 people without God. (this is the right that was given to gays) If Christians had a problem with redefining marriage they should have been fighting to get the government out of marriage a long time ago. And I say get out of marriage because, that is the best alternative instead of trying to have the government side with just Christians because then you don’t have freedom in a country that is supposed to be free and a religion that is supposed to be free. If this was done a long time ago then Christians could have copyrighted the term marriage at the beginning of copyrights. Then other people would have to use other terms to signify their union. Even now the definitions of a Christian marriage is not what it was meant to be. It should be a union between 2 people and God. It is now a union between 2 people, God and, the government.
The government should have no say on any union as long as the people involved are willing. If these unions end up being bad then the people involved in them will reap what they sow. God doesn’t go around interacting in peoples lives without their consent to prevent them from sinning. He lets people sin in hoping that they learn from it. We should not hold ourselves above God to do that either.
To many people, the bible does seem to say that certain unions would be bad. But the bible is for Christians to use if they want to follow God not other people. (They will reap what they sow if they don’t) Nowhere in the bible does it say to force our ideas on people through politics. As a matter of fact it seems to speak against that. (see pic) This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to educate people and show them what we believe. When any one starts forcing their ideals through politics, it is going to make them look bad and people will hate them and leave them. The only things that should be laws are things that people can unanimously or nearly unanimously agree on. If something is bad then people will reap what they so and hopefully learn from whatever it is. Then they will move more towards a unanimous law against it. People need to learn from the consequences of their actions and our government too often protects people from the consequences of their actions.
