I never once stated that marriage = lovey-dovey gooey eyes. And yes, that is one of the direct causes of divorce rates, but is irrelevant.
How does the government support love? By supporting equality. By not discriminating on the basis of color, gender, creed, orientation or any quality. Supporting marriage, straight or gay, the government is supporting equality and not judging the individual (and even Jesus warned not to judge).
The statement Jesus used concerning judgement came with a qualifier, that is not to judge for you will be judged by the same standard. That is: be careful how you judge and by what standards you judge by as well your intent of the judgement. And right now that standard is being turned on you. For you are a making a false judgement not only against those that oppose you on the issue of gay marriage, but also a false judgement on the purpose of marriage, sexuality and sexual orientation.
In fact you are being judgemental against the Church, Her members, many non-Catholics and non-Christians by making a claim that it is wrong to be judgemental concerning your illogical idea of a right for which you think trumps the good of society as whole. But we must make judgements each and every day concerning many issues and if you and I try to live life without making any judgement over many of life’s situations we put ourselves, our families and society in danger. Judgement is not an evil, but a necessity of life.
You try to use the words of our God for the defense of your argument, when in fact you reject Him. You use His words out of context and throw many of them away when they contradict your prejudice and misconceptions.
You’re right. It’s about protection. Protection of the freedom of choice, protection from the discrimination from others that stems only from their fear or something they don’t understand because they are too quick to judge.
It is society in which we must protect, and the first line of defense is protecting the concept of family. Accepting “Gay” marriage is corrupting the idea of what a familiy is thus putting all of society in danger. Even putting your basic rights you share with each and everyone else in society into danger.
It could just as easily be said that his opponent’s basis of being a maverick was just as vague. It’s the voter’s responsibility to inform themselves on the candidate. If they still vote without doing that first, well, that’s one of the weaknesses (and yet strengths) of the system. You’d be surprised, there are probably a similar number of people who vote republican simply because the church tells them, not even bother to deeply research the candidate.
The Church doesn’t tell anyone which party to vote for, but it does tell which issues to defend and which to oppose. And it is very clear what the Church teachings concerning marriage are. Catholics are to defend traditional marriage, not just within the concept of their own marriages, but in the voting booth and with other politcal actions.
The Church does not promote hate of homosexuals, but what you call discrimination against same-sex couples is just that, but discriminition is not an intrinsic evil. In many cases, and this is one, it is a necessary defense mechanism to protect your family, your community and society as a whole.
You think many of us don’t have proper understand of homosexuality, but many of us we know very well the danger one puts themselves, their love ones and society in when they act out on thier same-sex attraction, (as well as others that act outside of the marriage bed) for it takes detached observers to see the problems and make sound judgements on its instinisic worth or danger to society as a whole.
Personally, I trust that celibate old man in Rome and his fellow Bishops a whole lot more then persons that define and identify themselves mainly by their sexual urges or by their supporters that are afraid to hurt other’s feelings, or afraid of being accused falsely as being hateful by telling them the truth.
Of course love eachother without it, but that doesn’t mean the government shouldn’t support it?
