Gay marriage is saying you are proud of sin. Entering into a lesser relationship indicates you have some degree of shame and can therefore be tolerated by society. But once you enter a gay marriage, you have no shame for your sin, and worse, are directly telling society that sin is o.k.
Gay sex is not a good thing, but it is a far lesser and much more tolerable sin than that of gay marriage.
What your religion says is irrelevant to public policy. We don't live in a Christian theocracy. You can't just say that gay sex or pork or dancing is haram and thus needs to be illegal or disfavored by the government. You need to have a rational basis for legislation. You need to have a reason why gay sex or gay marriage is in some way harmful. And, you don't, so shut your pie hole.
True. But, and this is me speaking as a gay man, perhaps the biggest issue I have with the pro-SSM lobby is that the United States being a secular nation =/= voters not being allowed to take into account a politician's position on gay marriage/abortion/euthanasia/any other type of "religious" issue when they vote.
I'm seriously confused, do most people here think that Christians should have to "check" their values at the door before walking into a voting booth? And, is voting based on one's religious convictions a form of "theocracy"?
