Respectfully, I disagree. Agreed that marriage in the USA has been synonymous with heterosexual monogamy, but it's hundreds of years not thousands. In the new Testament times it wasn't. In many parts of the world it still isn't. I agree that many people have strong views on what marriage should be, but they don't get to decide, no matter how firmly they hold those beliefs. The thing is, marriage is not Christianity's institution to defend! It predates Christianity. It exists outwith Christianity. Ergo Christianity has no moral authority to decide what gets to be defined as marriage.
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Marriage was defined as monogamous in western Europe long before out nation was established. Anyway, what we have is an established institution. It's not just a Christian institution, but also a secular institution which has been defined that way just the same as fraternities and sororities. I guess we a as a nation can change the definition according to how the government views it, but we're talking mutual respect here.
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Marriage was defined as monogamous in western Europe long before out nation was established. Anyway, what we have is an established institution. It's not just a Christian institution, but also a secular institution which has been defined that way just the same as fraternities and sororities. I guess we a as a nation can change the definition according to how the government views it, but we're talking mutual respect here.
