Another State Legalizes gay Marriage

[Rhyfelwyr]

First off, we're talking about the U.S. That means separation of church and state, so while it's very illuminating to learn about your religious views, even if you were in America, they SHOULD have no bearing on what legislation you support in terms of respecting the rights of others. Of course, religion can and does get used for people to support disciminatory laws or the restricting of freedoms, but this is a willful rejection of our ideals as a nation.

Yes well religion conflicts with secularlism *gasps*. Your founding fathers happened to betray the ideas of your original Puritan settlers, not everyone believes in secularism.

Second, the law is not, has not be, and will never be, a pure reflection of encouraging holy behavior and punishing sinful behavior. Divorce is legal. Having affairs are legal. Saying cruel things is legal. Being greedy is legal. Overeating is legal. Charging interest is legal. Eating on the Sabbath or holy days is legal. This is not a theocracy nor should it ever be. So arguing that it is your personal duty to fight sin, does NOT explain why just on one or two issues, you feel that the way to do that is through shaping the laws of a secular democracy.

Indeed, you will find that it was Calvin in Geneva who adopted crazy notions such as allowing women to divorce if their husbands cheated on them. You don't think theocracies should exist, I do. Who's right? We'll probably never prove that to each other, and we both believe to have sufficient proof for our own beliefs.

I am dead serious, what are you about next? Banning divorce? Laws against gluttony? Because I do not understand why Christians pick just these two topics, abortion and homosexuality, and think the way to express your faith is to try to pass legislation for everyone which restricts rights.

The focus on abortion should be obvious if you acknowledge Christian beliefs. We see it as the murder of babies, just as horrific as infanticide would be to you. As for the focus on homosexuality, that is because unlike other sins modern society is increasingly choosing to accept it.