Q about arguments for God's existence.

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I am for the separation of church and state and I'm for gay civil unions with the same rights and privileges under the law, but not gay marriage. I don't want to change the definition of an institution that is so important to so many.

The definition of marriage in the US originally didn't encompass interracial marriages: it's already been changed in very recent history, so I wouldn't be dealing with the argument from tradition fallacy there. It doesn't serve your point at all.

Persecution comes in different degrees. It can be mild or severe. My saying that christians in the US are persecuted does nothing to diminish what christians are going through in other lands.

I think the issue is that we wouldn't call upholding the separation of church and state to be persecution at all.