"Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham

[SteveII]

No one is trying to stop people from doing anything behind closed doors.

So, sodomy laws were never a thing then.  Cool, cool.

Also, you do realize that Christians don't have the monopoly on marriage, correct?  That when people are arguing for gay marriage, it's not to force churches to conduct ceremonies or otherwise acknowledge these unions (although, I'm sure there are some extremists who want that), but rather that they want the same kind of marriage that the state itself recognizes with traditional couples?  Put simply, that it's not a religious recognition, but rather a governmental one?

I mean, I don't see Christians protesting people of other religions getting married or, even worse, atheists getting married.  I don't see any Christians fuming that people who choose not to procreate get married.  It's only when non-standard gender relationships are involved that it's suddenly an issue of the institution being eroded and redefined.  Curious, that.

All valid points and are part of a civil discussion. Here's the question, who has the right to redefine an institution that predates history itself? 5 people? 

If marriage is so important to Christians, they should look to their own house first.  Divorce rates are rather quite staggering among those who purportedly take it oh so seriously.  The institutional rot is coming from within, but I guess LGBTQ folks make for easier targets.

They should. Surely this is a sign of a relativistic, self-centered society which in turn does unfathomable damage to its very fabric.