Should government regulate marriage??

[BrotherEastman]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Originally Posted by JTULLOCK

Agreed!

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

EXACTLY!!!!!

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Let me chime in on this row of positive responses you have going.

Amen... great post.

To add a few of my thoughts...

The short sighted view that many people take is... control them... they are bad... or that is bad...

The government that can stop people that you don't want to be married from being married can, some day, force you to marry those you don't want to marry.

Then people will wonder how the government ever got this kind of power... you gave it to them... back when they were singing your tune. It mesmerized you into not thinking it out.

There are 2 sides to every coin. We forget that all too soon.

If we are to fight against marriages such as these... let us fight against them in the church. The world is, well, the world and sinners... you guessed it... sin.

Wow! I didn't see that coming. LOL!

[Jack Shephard]

God has enlightened you

[OnTheFritz]

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

Wow! I didn't see that coming. LOL!

I'm a bit surprised myself.... C'mon people, we need some DISSENT!

[Truthseeker]

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

The only issue I have with the government getting involved with people's lives is if they can regulate one aspect of marraige such as homosexual marraige, then who's to say that they will not disrupt what we think is normal? Government should not be involved when it comes to relationships whether we like the gay agenda or not. The government already has too much power as it is.

If GOV grants a mariage license to homosexuals then are they not regulating it?

Marriage licenses are not going anywhere, so do you think GOV should grant them to Homosexuals?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by OnTheFritz

So where does promoting stop and enforcement start?

We already have the basics in place. Currently (with the exception of recent changes in CA, MA and others) only a man and a woman can even be issued a marriage license. And each of them must be presently unmarried. There are also other laws that vary from state to state - age restrictions, blood tests, etc.

These restrictions keep the "unconventional" types of matrimony from ever even being considered. In this arrangement the government isn't really promoting anything but it is sanctioning the traditional marriage and not sanctioning the "unconventional." People and their partners - men, women, aliens from space and whatnot; are still free to pursue their lifestyles as long as they don't violate any other ordinances.

Essentially, the status quo allowed society to protect traditional marriage - something the vast majority of Americans support - while still allowing for private deviant behavior without criminal prosecution. The only "enforcement" done by the state is in the issuance of the marriage license.

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

If GOV grants a mariage license to homosexuals then are they not regulating it?

Marriage licenses are not going anywhere, so do you think GOV should grant them to Homosexuals?

Do you believe in liberty and justice for all?

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman

The only issue I have with the government getting involved with people's lives is if they can regulate one aspect of marraige such as homosexual marraige, then who's to say that they will not disrupt what we think is normal? Government should not be involved when it comes to relationships whether we like the gay agenda or not. The government already has too much power as it is.

"Government" has always regulated the issuance of marriage licenses. The license itself is a government document and you could be prosecuted criminally if you did anything fraudulant with it.

This isn't an example of "government interference" in our lives - but was one of the issues the founders of our nation wrangled with. It was determined to be an issue for the states to regulate to minimize the amount of Federal interference and control. But this was something that "We the People..." chose to regulate and was not imposed on us by some alien or foreign or authoritarian power.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Aquila

Do you believe in liberty and justice for all?

Just to interrupt... I do believe. However, asking me and the vast majority of Americans to sanction something we don't approve of strips all of us of both liberty and justice.

[tbpew]

Originally Posted by Truthseeker

If GOV grants a mariage license to homosexuals then are they not regulating it?

Marriage licenses are not going anywhere, so do you think GOV should grant them to Homosexuals?

see what I mean TS...you are all about challenging with questions and then critiquing the answers offered.

It's time for you to state your POV and then be a big-boy if nobody is buying it!

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Just to interrupt... I do believe. However, asking me and the vast majority of Americans to sanction something we don't approve of strips all of us of both liberty and justice.

No it doesn't. lol

I don't agree with women wearing pants... how does it strip me of justice if we allow women to wear pants?

I don't mind having a glass of wine with dinner... most of my Pentecostal buddies believe in total abstinence from alcohol... how does that strip them of justice?

I'm not a "victim" if my neighbor buys a Playboy magazine. lol

Why is it that so many of us are always a "victim" if we allow people to be free? Woe is me... I can't control others. I'm such a victim. Get real. LOL

Bro... the Gospel will flow best in a free society. Here's what I mean. Their marriages aren't going to last. After five years of allowing "gay marriages" you'll most likely discover that the majority of gay marriages were launched as soon as it became legal. Then you'll notice that they tapered off and that most ended in nasty "gay divorces." Society will view them as tenuous at best and all their "promises" of happiness will be revealed for the failure that it is. In the wake of that mess we can point to the Gospel and say, "Look, marriage didn't solve your problem. Equal rights didn't solve your problem. Your answer is Jesus Christ." Let sin run it's course and the truth will be even more obvious. Where sin abounds, grace much more abounds. But right now our extremist politics discredits our message of love and peace with all men. They just think we're ring wing nuts that want to push our religion down everyone's throat via government.