Theology vs Gay Marriage vs Civil Unions
If Prop 8 had been about equal rights under the law specifically as it relates to taxes, child custody, adoptions and hospital visitation, it's my belief it would not have passed.
Instead it did simply because of the term marriage and theology. You cannot legislate a reversal of biblical beliefs nor should you and therein lies the real issue.
Hear me out...
A separation of church and state does not alter one iota the religious beliefs of many - rightly or wrongly. To most church goers, marriage theologically speaking is between a man and a woman and there is not a church in this great land of ours that should be forced to think otherwise.
Many in our community refuse to acknowledge that one's right to practice religious freedom means the possibility that some church doctrines will never come around to gay marriage.
Is that hate or freedom of religion? And would the same Christians have voted for a law that banned equal rights?
We'll never know and most of us will never wonder.
Choosing to go for gay marriage instead of civil unions has put religion squarely in the middle of a fight we can't win. You can't argue theology and expect a reasonable outcome because most believers aren't reasonable when it comes to their religion.
Oh, you can try, but you run the risk of desensitizing the rest of America to the bloody stump that once was our collective agenda for legal protection.
And isn't legal protection really all we wanted? When did it turn into forcing pastors to marry two people they don't want to marry because of a lifelong held belief?
Now what?
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