Gay Marriage and the Church

[theapportioner]

Uh, I think you've been watching too much Married with Children. Married people have sex.

DUH. But someone who is gay doesn't need to get married to have sex, obviously. For a committed couple to get married won't have any bearing on how often they have sex, at least I don't see how.

And, according to Christianity, marriage and sex are for procreation, to raise children. Thats what the problem with homosexuality is.

My point is this - many Christians draw a line between "homosexuality" and "homosexual acts". For instance Archbishop O'Malley is very careful to condemn the latter and not the former. I disagree with their position on gay marriage, but that's not the thrust of my message here - the thrust is this: it's one thing for a Christian to oppose gay marriage. You can say it's in the scripture or whatever. Fair enough. It's ANOTHER thing to say you oppose gay marriage, justifying your argument by condemning "homosexual acts" at the same time. For gay marriage is only indirectly linked to gay sex. I mean, we would have no problem whatsoever if a man and woman getting married, even if they do not intend to have sex. So obviously having sex is not a prerequisite for marriage. It is entirely conceivable for two men or two women to love each other and want to get married, and not have sex, or seldom have sex. What is so wrong about a civil union, at the very least?

I don't see how you draw this conclusion. Saying you don't believe in same sex marriages is a far cry from damning homosexuals to hell.

See above. Like I said, saying you are opposed to to gay marriage is one thing; using the sin of "homosexual acts" to oppose it is another, and I think there is something hypocritical about this. Either there is a total disconnect in their reasoning abilities, or it's not "homosexual acts" but "homosexuality" itself that bothers them.

And personally, I don't see why the government needs to be involved in a marriage or why homosexuals are so intent on being allowed to have them. Is all this stink being raised for a tax write off?

I agree with you on the first point.