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#giving 'equal legal rights' to [[male couples]] has no effect on the spiritual condition of couples bound by the Christian sacrament of [[holy matrimony]]
#giving 'equal legal rights' to [[male couples]] has no effect on the spiritual condition of couples bound by the Christian sacrament of [[holy matrimony]]
#*Exactly!
#*Exactly!
Well there is also the viewpoint that, even if gay marriage is wrong in the eyes of God, Christians are instructed to "let him who is without sin cast the first stone" and more importantly "render unto Caesar (i.e. the government) that which is Caesar's (i.e. the provision of government-made rights)" -- Jesus didn't say "go ahead and stone the bitch", he prevented the old law from being carried out, and then used his witness alone to persuade the sinner, saying "go forth and sin no more".... he didn't say that she hadn't sinned, but demonstrated that the Christian course of action is not to have the law prevent people from sinning -- if the government (i.e. Caesar) wants to let gays be "married" and give them tax breaks and hospital visitation and such, that doesn't involve the Church, which ought not be tainted by the corruption that is all politics, anyway.... the Christian course of action is to ''tell'' the sinners of their sin, and if they refuse to hear, ''trust'' God to deal with it.... trying to get the government to interfere one way or the other is the same as denying God.... [[User:Pandeism|Pandeism]] 22:50, 7 April 2009 (EDT)