(May 20, 2013 at 4:27 pm)davidMC1982 Wrote: If he's religious (and I take it he is) and his religion teaches that homosexuality is wrong (and I guess it does) then the only honest position he can take is to oppose gay marriages "because God says so". There's nothing surprising here.I have to respectfully disagree with you here. My religion does teach that homosexuality is a sin yes, so my argument against homosexuality would be "because God says so". But gay marriage being legalised in what is a secular democracy -not an Islamic state- it is not really acceptable to force the issue in a public discourse in such an environment simply because the Qur'an says something, we do have a separation (for the most part at least) between religious influences and civil laws, so to cite religion for an issue which affects the non-religious or even those who do not share my religion isn't tolerant or conducive to the debate.
The idea that Islamic law can be imposed upon citizens that are neither Muslim, nor chose to live in an Islamic state is something which is rejected by Islamic orthodoxy by unanimous consensus.
