Gays do not deserve the legal right to marry because…

Written on December 4, 2008 – 8:34 pm | by CJ |

I am for gay marriage. You may not be, and I’d like to know why. For now, I’m focusing on the “Christian response”.

Can a Christian who is against gay marriage answer the question below?

Working under the assumption that gays should not be allowed the legal right to marry because the Christian God of the bible does not approve of that marriage, why is it that the legal right to marry is granted to all other non-Christians or other “immoral” people such as Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists, alcoholics, drug-users, the mentally insane, child abusers, KKK members, neo-Nazis,the severely uneducated or illiterate, the violent, or the suicidal? Does the Christian God of the bible approve of those marriages?

Indeed, most of those people are not only granted the legal right to marry, they are also permitted the right to raise children.

(via Tim Ponce (Missouri))

Please answer the question directly using a template like:

“Unlike those other groups, gays do not deserve the legal right to marry because…”

Keep it polite and please – no personal attacks. Let’s have some positive, intelligent discourse on this subject. I am honestly interested in what the Christian argument would be in response to the question I have posed above.

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