THE ARMY wrote:As said before, the Federal Governance was founded on Christianity which states marriage = man + woman. Leave it up to the States or call it something else.
Christianity also calls Jesus God. Do we not allow muslims to worship allah? Im thinking they might not buy the " a christian wrote the constitution, so the US must be christian" especially since they were kind enough to specifically separate church and state. Its a small passage, but an important one nonetheless.
The Constitution was written by men, who were able to rise up to some degree above their prejudices and their motives, and create a malable document, that was founded on the basic premise, that all men are created equal, and that all men have certain unalienable rights. The right for two people to have a recognized union is arguably an unalienable right.
I dont think the constitution cares what christianity used for terms, because the country has far evolved passed one religion, and one race. It is a collection, and was made to allow change.
Just as all the religious people fought african/white marriges, and invitro-fertilization(which is now standard, and the reason for millions of lives, possibly even your own), and countless other "Sinful" things like keeping a store open on Sunday...they fight this. They ignore their own principles and teachings the entire time, and instead focus on the goal, in the hopes that the ends justify the means.
In this case, the means are wrong, and the end will be the same regardless.
We had some enlightened people here at the beginning of this country, and thank God for that.
They knew they couldnt fix all the problems with the world then, but they knew they could give us the tools to do it in the future.