A study will be helpful.

I am not opposed to gay marriage, and I suspect a social study will reveal the benefits which appear obvious. A legal study may also reveal little harm to family law.

If you can answer the question why a marriage can or can not include more than 2 partners you may be approaching the issue. While I am not opposed to same sex marriages I am uncomfortable with more than one partner, and I can not tell you why. Yet the reasoning used to promote a same sex couple also applies to an argument for multiple partners. We may be breaking through a larger barrier than we are willing to admit, and he authenticity of human beings is showing up by calling for this larger debate.

I think there is another distinction at play here we are not acknowledging. Scott’s remark is a good one, it may be for social scientist to identify, a dispassiionate view. We may not be looking for some reason of right and wrong, but simple what would stop someone.

hs,

In response to Olberman’s and your question, “how does legalizing gay marriages cheapen marriages. To be honest, in today’s this society it truly doesn’t because very few in society today truly honor marriages as God has instructed us and how it was once in people’s conscience to do naturally.

But, in God’s eyes it is not acceptable which not too many people it appears in our society really care all that much about with many not even believing as we do that God even exists as the God who is described in scripture.

But, nothing that is happening in this society today concerning any of this should be surprising, nor should any Christian get all bent out of shape concerning these things because we know that these things has been prophesized long ago as shown exactly in scripture. Most people would be shocked if they were familiar with scripture and saw all these things that were prophesized so long ago, happening today.

What’s it to me, in this devious plea? Get the government out of the marriage business and I would not care. Marriage is a religious institution. All individuals should be treated alike under the law.

davel,

I agree 100% with you. Government should issue civil union licenses to ALL beginning yesterday and churches should be the entity that issue marriage certificates and if a church would dare be so in disagreement with scripture, God’s Word and issue marriage certificates that are not instructed as being recognized and approved by God, then I would just trust God to handle it.

As a Christian who seriously desire to follow Christ and the teachings of scripture, I would not dare step one foot within a church nor would I even sit at the same table with anyone proclaims to be a Christian, but supports their church issuing such certificates in keeping with the instructions of scripture.

D. Walker,

I would trust you to go where ever you want. Particulary those dark places that could use your light.

The rate of divorce among marriages in all faiths intimates that there is far more than just the defense of a so-called sacred institution here. Here’s is an idea: allow for a civil ceremony of commintment, but don’t call it marriage, AND since we dole out compensation at other times when the “tyranny of the majority” dictates the mistreatment of a minority, give them DOUBLE the tax break that is given to those who get to marry (and divorce, and marry and divorce, and marry and divorce in a “sacred” fasshion).

Keith is a wonderful actor. He always does a nice job expressing some sort of emotion during his commentaries. I wonder how much he practiced that in the bathroom mirror the night before.