I have trouble deciding what the government should do concerning highly moral issues. The big one right now (w/ Prop 8 being such a headliner) is gay marriage/unions/whatever.
I know where I stand on it. I stand where the Bible stands on it. Homosexuality is a sin.
And as a Christian, I can't condone homosexuality in any form, let alone making it an establishment.
But as an American, there's part of me that wonders about the separation of church and state. Should our religious values really be getting tied up in our political decisions?
Can you make political decisions using a values system that isn't religiously derived?
On one end, I'm horribly opposed to the government sanctioning gay marriage, because it's a sin.
And on the other end, I'm more or less indifferent: because is that the role of the government to say who can marry whom?
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much to say. i'll just let my points hang out, and let others ask for the support.
first, the idea of religion being only a certain group of things is, in one sense, a false categorization. one can be very religious about their football team, their political candidate, etc. the only real difference is source. why should we discount God and His truths when we accept feeble human reason and inaccurate science based on observation?
second, the term "gay marriage" is inaccurate. no act between two men or two women can be counted as marriage, so the phrase itself is flawed, and is to some extent a concession in the first place.
third, if you can't legislate morality, then what basis do our laws have? how else do we pass laws on murder and theft and rape?
some food for thought.
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