Making secular laws to prevent homosexual marriages is where you cross the line. You have a right to believe what you will about homosexuals; you do not have the right to force them to live by your religious standards.
Contraception, abortion, all the other social issues you believe are evil. You have the right to believe what you believe. You do not have the right to force others to abide by your beliefs.
"you do not have the right to force others to live by your standards."
Yet we all do. It doesn't matter whether one's standards stem from his/her 'religious' beliefs or 'personal' beliefs he/she gained from their life experiences. We all push our beliefs onto others when it comes to deciding what the law of the land should be. Not just Christians.
Why is bigamy or polygamy not legal here? Not that I'm an advocate for those lifestyles (and I sure can't handle more than one wife at a time!), I don't have a logical argument for prohibiting what others want to do with their lives when the arrangement is consensual among all participants. Do you vote 'yes' to legalize bigamy and polygamy? If not, should those who support bigamy/polygamy view you just as bigoted as the people who don't want to legalize same sex-marriage?
How about legalization of prostitution? Two consenting adults engaging in a business transaction that they both agree on ... why should it be illegal? I don't have a good counter-argument to that either, except to say "I just feel it's immoral". And I felt this way before becoming a Christian as well. I'd vote 'no' to legalization in my state. That's my right, isn't it? Am I crossing the line by exercising my right? Don' think so.
I'm actually okay with same-sex marriage. After reading some articles and watching interviews about them, I no longer feel it's immoral. If that's the way those people were born, and the only fulfilling relationship they can have is with a partner of the same gender, I think denying their legal union is cruel.
But no matter what my beliefs may be, Richard is entitled to his religious or personal beliefs and has every right to cast a vote according to his beliefs, just as I would vote 'no' for legalization of prostitution even tho some Nevadans may disagree with me.
I didn't like what Kim Davis did, not because she's against same-sex marriage, but she abused her position as a county clerk. After the Supreme Court handed down the decision in favor of same-sex marriage, it became the law of the land. Government officials must abide by that. If she felt she couldn't in good conscience carry out her duties anymore, the noble move would have been to give up her 80k salary and resign.
By the way, Kim Davis is a Democrat, and the judge who ordered her to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, David Bunning, is a Republican. Not all Republicans are in the wrong. Just sayin'.
Gotta hit the road. See you guys after the holiday.
You guys have a good one!
