RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 23, 2018 at 1:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2018 at 1:03 pm by polymath257.)
(July 23, 2018 at 12:58 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 23, 2018 at 12:25 pm)polymath257 Wrote: He supported a bigoted law because of political pressure.
It was hardly an example of moral courage.
But I would say this is NOT a new definition. it is the definition that has always been used. it's just that in the past societies, for various reasons, did not accept gay marriages. We have overcome those limitations. Also, some societies did not share that limitation, even in the past. But in *all* cases, marriage was a bond between people recognized by society in order to form a family unit.
Here's your logic:
1. "in the past societies, for various reasons, did not accept gay marriages"
2. So there were no gay marriages--only heterosexual marriages (from 1)
3. "We have overcome those limitations"
4. Therefore the definition of marriage has always included the concept of gay marriage.
Good job with that.
Not my argument.
SOME past societies had that limitation. But even in those, the definition I gave was used. SOME others did not have that limitation. Again, the definition I gave was used. There *were* societies where gay marriage was allowed.
In every case, marriage has been a bond recognized by the society for the formation of a family unit. And that is the much more appropriate definition to use.
