RE: "Jesus would rather kill, not marry, gay people" - Franklin Graham
July 23, 2018 at 1:19 pm
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2018 at 1:20 pm by polymath257.)
(July 23, 2018 at 1:06 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.
This is getting ridiculous. In *all* cases, marriage was a bond between people a man and a women recognized by society in order to form a family unit. This is the complete definition. You cannot find an exception.
If you want to take out man and woman, you have made the definition broader. You have changed the meaning. You have changed the definition.
It was NOT in *all* cases. There are counter-examples that have been pointed out to you.
And, besides, this is a *secular* marriage. We *do* get to decide how it is to be defined for *our society*. And the best definition to use is the one I gave.
Once again, do you object to the re-definition of 'person' to include corporate entities? Is that such a violation of previous definitions that it should not be allowed?
