But that is your bias against religion coming through. If your only experience in religion is the thought of Christianity then you would be correct. How can your blanket statement hold true when you have so many other religious teachings and beliefs. Also how can the argument be that the scriptures say nothing against being gay yet then say that their teachings are saying to dislike gays. Isn't this a straw man argument just as much as many others on here.
The problem is there's no way to be truly objective on these sorts of topics, which is one of the biggest straw man arguments in political and religious discussions, right? We all come in with one or more biases to any discussion and we take the side that best fits. It's the same way with policy discussions, there's no one group or subgroup that's going to come away with everything they want and will therefore need to take the remaining bits up another day. It's a matter of weighing cost/benefit, at least to some degree. From my viewpoint, I can genuinely think of no reason whatsoever to not allow gay marriage and to not enshrine non-discrimination in the law. The benefits of inclusivity are many, as outlined in other posts.
Why enshrine it in law? Because most societies, including here in the US, didn't historically start out with everyone equal, with those outside those bounds left to fight there way in. African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Women, Gays/Lesbians, quite often other religions outside of Christianity, have at one point or other started out as not considered equal here. Another reason is human stupidity. It's one thing to say everyone is equal but another entirely to act on that and the fact is that gays, blacks, and others are discriminated against all the time - I've witnessed it and heard about it many times over the years. Apes can be violent to those considered outsiders.
Does it sometimes swing too far by bringing in reverse discrimination or other consequences? Sure. The law is an ass, and again, humans can be vile creatures. But that's why we have the mess we call democracy. Give and take, push and pull.
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The reason why the evolution of gay marriage is a sign of bad things to come, has nothing to do with homosexuality per se. Unfortunately, it marks an ever-increasing role for government in the personal lives of individuals.
License -- "The permission by competent authority to do an act which without such permission, would be illegal."
Nobody needs a marriage license in order to be married.
A really bad step in the wrong direction, unfortunately.
Yet another power grab by statists.
In Colorado in the US, for me to be "married", I've got to have a marriage license and it has always been true.
Now.. more importantly, when is Apple going to do something that doesn't suck, so far as products are concerned?
Now, now - bringing in more religious discussion to an already hot topic?
