If my Lutheran church wants to marry 2 gay women what right do you under the Constitution have to fight that and stop them from getting a marriage license?
If the state I live in wants to give them a marriage license what grounds do you, OTHER THAN YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, have to stop my church from doing that?
If you believe in freedom of religion then you believe that my Lutheran church has the right to marry gay folk.
The serious problem will be if a truly Christian organization were to hire someone who later turned out to want to get married in say, your church as an "out of the closet gay." And then wanted his "significant other" to be placed under his healthcare insurance paid for that truly Christian organization. Firstly, I would not hire a
practicing homosexual. Secondly, I would fire a man who deserted his wife for anther woman. Thirdly, I would fire a man who I learned was sleeping around. That is true freedom of religion. Unfortunately, today I would likely be dragged into court because I was practicing my true religious beliefs/values; however, YOUR Lutheran church would be free to marry anyone it wished (though I'd imagine Martin Luther would be rolling in his grave).
I don't hate the sinner but Christians cannot condone what God's Word clearly states to the Believer is sinful. People do make mistakes and I am for forgiving; however, forgivness means that there was an apology and an attempt at change. The REAL issue in not that Gays are getting married. The Real issue is that Christian organization/companies/communitied are going to be forced to accept such relationship as equal and the same as with Real husband/wife relationships. And public education will likely institute "gay" propaganda paid for with tax money in an effort to "convert" the masses.
The reason the human race continues is due entirely to heterosexual unions. It owes NOTHING to homosexual unions but the spread of horrific diseases which already plague licentious lifestyles in general.