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Originally Posted by Dante
Marriage has always been a religious institution. Governments have siezed control of marriage over the past few decades in the name of protecting its citizens, preventing incest in some cases, and also in the effort to prevent the spread of various diseases.
With that said, just because man's government has siezed control of this sacred institution does it mean that we as the Church should submit to the man-made rules and regulations set forth by the State? I believe the church is the sole and only authority to dictate the definition and execution of marriage, not the state! In other words, because marriage has been defined by the constructs of religion, it should stay that way. The government cannot redfine marriage, or say who anyone can or cannot marry. That power rests within the authority of God's Kingdom, the church.
So, why are so many Christians submissive to the guidelines of statist marriage rules and regulations?
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You missed the one point that matters. $$$$$$$$$$$
While you are right in the above, Marriage also was ceedeed to the government over money.
When the Social Security system was created in this country, one thing that wasnt innitally considered was what happens to a family when a man dies and his wife has no Social Security because she stays home? That was the typical case.
Government quickly moved to extend SS benifits to Married couples.
That gave government all the control it needed. WE WANT OUR MONEY so we rely on government to sanction marriage.
Social Security gave the government the ability to make Marriage a contract between 2 people and the state, as opposed to being a covanant between a man, a woman, and God.
From the point of contract between Government and two people, Government can then extend its contract to "protect" whomever they want to protect...
BUT government is also at that point, required to live and die by the constitition. The Constitution does not allow the government to look at people differently. Equal Protection REQUIRES government to veiw all people the same.
Guess what? We, the House of God ceeded control of this sacred right to the government for a bowl of porrage. Now we have an empty bowl and God aint pleased...and the government now has to forces US to abandon our religious conviction in order to insure we comply with the constitutional mandate of equal protection....;
if your church rents its building to people who dont go to your church for any reason, Gay people can rent it, and you cant tell them no.
if you make cakes for peoples weddings, you cant tell a gay couple you have a religious conviciton against it.
if you do photography for weddings...etc.... you cant tell people you dont do that when your religious convictions are violated.
The only way back is to demand marriage be removed from all legal language, and instead call it civil union for the purpose of government benifits.
We do not have the stomach to do that.
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