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sanctamaria17
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I agree with the Church’s teachings on homosexuality.
HOWEVER, the law does not dictate a sacramental marriage and should not be treated as such. Honestly, I believe that laws should just do away with marriage entirely, leave it up to churches (which should step it up and make sure their teachings on marriage are enforced and followed), and let individual businesses decide.
Here’s my reasoning:
a) The law does not and can no longer forbid certain types of sexual relations (unless it’s not consensual between two adults) so why should they have to dictate who commits their life to each other?
b) Our country is not a theocracy and therefore cannot promote a Christian view on marriage.
c) I’m of the opinion that mixing politics and religion is wrong. You cannot change hearts by changing laws. Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world and did not even go so far as to tell the Romans that they were wrong and that the Jews should take over the government.
CS Lewis said that a Christian view of marriage should not be propagated through Parliament. I agree with this. I still stand by the Church teachings on marriage, but I think making things legal/illegal is the wrong way to go about it. All it will do is blur the separation between Church and State, turn people away from the Christian faith, and alienate an entire population.
This isn’t like abortion, which is a severe human rights issue. This is two people deciding to be in a romantic relationship. If the government doesn’t crack down on adultery and such like that, why this? Like I said, marriage shouldn’t be a government thing anyway. I think THAT’S what violates the sanctity of marriage.
HOWEVER, the law does not dictate a sacramental marriage and should not be treated as such. Honestly, I believe that laws should just do away with marriage entirely, leave it up to churches (which should step it up and make sure their teachings on marriage are enforced and followed), and let individual businesses decide.
Here’s my reasoning:
a) The law does not and can no longer forbid certain types of sexual relations (unless it’s not consensual between two adults) so why should they have to dictate who commits their life to each other?
b) Our country is not a theocracy and therefore cannot promote a Christian view on marriage.
c) I’m of the opinion that mixing politics and religion is wrong. You cannot change hearts by changing laws. Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world and did not even go so far as to tell the Romans that they were wrong and that the Jews should take over the government.
CS Lewis said that a Christian view of marriage should not be propagated through Parliament. I agree with this. I still stand by the Church teachings on marriage, but I think making things legal/illegal is the wrong way to go about it. All it will do is blur the separation between Church and State, turn people away from the Christian faith, and alienate an entire population.
This isn’t like abortion, which is a severe human rights issue. This is two people deciding to be in a romantic relationship. If the government doesn’t crack down on adultery and such like that, why this? Like I said, marriage shouldn’t be a government thing anyway. I think THAT’S what violates the sanctity of marriage.
