Same-sex marriage

I'm not a raving fundy or anything, but I find myself less excited about the same-sex marriage decision than some of my fellow bloggers. On the one hand, the issue is largely symbolic, and I can't get too worked up about it. We do live in a pluralistic culture, and this decision was probably inevitable. On the other hand, I tend to agree with Michael Coren that in this decision, the genuine meaning of marriage is lost. It was only a couple of hundred years ago that the government took over the marriage business from churches. I would have preferred a decision to give the whole marriage thing back to churches and other faith-based groups and set up some sort of civil registry for all manner of partnerships. Nevertheless, as I said, the issue is largely symbolic, and may be a good opportunity to really come to grips with the fact that we don't live in a Christian nation, and never really did.

Comments

[Michael Demmons]

Darryl, In an age where we have a very vitriolic debate on the issue of gay marriage (I am gay and getting married next weekend) I am glad to see opinions such as yours which, while they probably don't support gay marriage, do not villify people who do. I support diversity of opinion (I am an Andrew Sullivan-type conservative) and enjoy reading opinions like yours - not because I necessarily agree with them, but because they are well thought out, provocative (at least in a "makes you think" way) and, well, polite!