From: Westbrick | #077
I'd consider this one an oversimplification, assuming that by "marriage rights" you mean "gays have a right to be married." Granted, most anti-homosexual marriage advocates are bigoted, but there are legitimate concerns from within the Christian community about the status of marriage. The best thing to do, in my mind, would be to distinguish between civil unions and marriage, and allow those churches that wish to wed gays to do so.
This doesn't work as long as the government recognizes marriage. Either gay marriage has to be legal, or marriage itself can't be legal, and you need to advocate civil unions are *all* that are recognized by the government and marriage is a purely religious matter that has no legal benefits/responsibilities. But that doesn't really work because marriage has been a legal institution for long enough and exists in various forms across various cultures to the point that you really can't argue "marriage" is the exclusive property of Christianity.
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Mistake you're making - overlooking the fact that we might not want to be saved.