Hyperbole.  Strike one.

Strike two.  Simple as that, and if you can't understand that...

BTW I believe in G@d as much as you, but people like you SEEM to assume so ideological high ground.  G@d knows why?  Oh well, the better-than-everyone-else folks where the same in the the time of Jesus - they knew what G@d created, and Jesus was an abomination.

Holy cow!

Geez!  You do in your church whatever YOU think G@d made perfect.

Let other folks do what they will.

Go to Iran or whatever like christian country one like, but leave the good ol' USofA because WE are a nation of laws.

As far as the

polygamy- I vote no.

incest- I vote no.

any combination that may sound bizarre to you today- I vote no.

Seriously simple post, Deborah S.  Not seriously.

If God created marriage "for the purpose of making families" then why does the church let sterile people marry?  They can't have kids.

What about people who marry in their 50's or later? The church allows that and they can't have babies.

I think love is love is love is love... and God intended for those who are in love to be family... I fully support marriage equality.

Well, is it obvious that this was the first time I posted on a blog?  I guess I need to apologize to some of you folks out there.  I was sarcastic and a did come across as holier-than-thou in an effort to write something that was interesting to read.  I let my strong feelings about this issue get in the way of presenting my ideas in a respectful way.  I am sorry.

My views haven't changed.  I still believe that the institution of marriage between one man and one woman is the best plan for civilization.  Men and women are different for a reason -- to come together and create families.  A committed marriage union, with both a mother and a father, is good for children.  As you already know, I don't need any further proof (because of my personal religious beliefs, which I hope you'll allow me), but there certainly is plenty of proof out there that this arrangement is better for children than any other combination (divorce, single parent families, gay unions).

Where same-sex marriage has been legalized, it decreases the total number of marriages while increasing illegitimacy.  Nine European nations have had same-sex marriage since the early 90s -- and just 2 percent of same-sex couples in these countries ever bother to marry, while there has been a 46 percent increase in out-of-wedlock births.

That's just one example.

I think it's a wonderful thing that so many people are becoming active in learning about this issue.  And, everyone has their own reasons for thinking the way they do.  Hopefully, after reading and thinking more on the subject, people who haven't yet decided can find all of our thoughts and come to their own conclusions.