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Originally Posted by nate2512
I pose a question to everyone here who seems to make choices non religiously, how do you define your morals?
This is very relevant to the subject if you'll just answer.
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My personal morals are based on my own religious belief system. Where we differ is in whether we think that we should force others to live by our religious beliefs. Judge not lest ye be judged and all that.
Morality and legality are not synonymous. There are a lot of things that I believe to be amoral but are legal. If we are going to base our laws on religious beliefs, then whose do we follow? If we pick one religion, then we are in violation of our Constitution. If we combine all of them, well, they will conflict. Do you want us to follow Catholic law and have birth control be illegal? Do you want us to follow the original Mormon law and have polygamy be legal? Who do we follow? Yours? Because you want us to? What if we force you to live by our religious beliefs? Would that be ok with you? Some could argue that since premarital sex is immoral, we are forcing them to live immorally by not allowing them to marry. Heterosexuals have the option of not having sex outside of marriage, but few exercise that option. Most choose to sin.
I happen to think that our government should only intervene to ban things that harm or infringe on others' civil rights. They have already way overstepped their bounds on several matters.
How morally I (or anybody else) choose to live is between me and Him (or them and their Higher Power).
Your entire argument seems to be based on "Well I don't like it". Nobody asked you to like it. Nobody asked you to marry someone of your own gender. It will not affect your life in any way if homosexuals choose to commit to lifelong partners in a legal (or religious, if their religion allows it) ceremony.