Originally Posted by Synnen
I think that while some of the IDEAS in the Bible are great---unless you live by ALL of them, then don't start quoting just one or two of them to me.
I also think that this is exactly the reason I'm NOT Christian. I don't HAVE to call it a sin, then. And...marriage is a valid Wiccan tradition too--and most Wiccans don't have a problem with same sex couples. So--let the same-sex couples get married in the Wiccan faith, and there's no problem, then, right? I mean, it's not a CHRISTIAN marriage, it's a WICCAN marriage.
I just hate the fact that people are so dead set against the use of the word "marriage". Want to call it by the Sanskrit name for marriage, then? or the Roman word? I don't care!
I agree with what someone else said earlier--gay couples aren't destroying the "sanctity" of marriage--straight couples are doign a great job of it themselves, with the high divorce rate.