At a blog post over at the blog Finding Rhythm entitled "The Myth of 'Biblical Marriage' ", i found the comment by Chris, who blogs at prophetsandpopstars.com, to make the most sense on this entire same-sex marriage debate. Now, someone has a brain!
"I don’t comment often either, however…should we not be thinking about ‘civil’ constructs of marriage rather than ‘Biblical?’ Is it necessary for Christians to hold everyone up to a Biblical standard even when the Bible isn’t a person’s particular standard? It’s pretty ridiculous to throw, “but Jesus says…” to a person who could give a rip about what Jesus says. Does the Church need to be running the government when it’s struggling to run itself?
I appreciate both sides of the discussion, but when civil privileges are at the core of the issue (and not moral definitions) ought we not turn our rhetoric towards civic discussion rather than religious?
I could go on and on, but that’s my half penny.
Word!"
i love Chris’s comment. My partner, Katryna, and i were just talking about this when we we found his comment. He nails it on the head. This is NOT a theocracy and we have a Constitution that gives us freedoms, not take them away!
Katryna can’t agree more. She is so excited at the thought of putting divorce on the ballot because divorce of course IS against the Biblical standards in marriage. She is so offended people have been divorcing for years and years that it is about time we took that right away from them. Therefore, she’s starting a petition to get a new ballot on the books to take away the right to divorce! She can’t stop laughing!
