I think every church and pastor (or whoever is in charge of the marriage service) has the choice in who they marry.

I mean I came from a very conservative background where my denomination would not marry a man and women living together or if they were pregnant.

If the state jumps into the church and tells the church which marriages they have to perform, then it's a church's rights issues and not a gay marriage thing anymore.

But when it comes to marriage, I think this is a pointless battle to deny gay people marriage.

1. They are already in sin with or without legal marriage. Their legal standing with the state has nothing to do with the sin they commit.

2. God defines marriage. If the government told you the sky was green and the grass was purple and put it on official documents, would that make it true? Not at all. We act as if somehow this government has power of this word we call marriage. The state's "marriage" is just a piece of paper that grants currently a man and women some extra benefits. This "marriage" can be broken for very trivial reasons. Christian marriage is much deeper than this and is defined by God. If we absolved legal marriage all together, I believe that Christian marriage is still there. Do you think that if the state got out of marriage, you would no longer be marriage as a Christian couple? Of course you would still be married.

So I don't see why a Christian who sees homosexuality as sin MUST fight against gay marriage as an activist. Gay marriage or not, the sin is still there.

Even if I was pro-choice, I don't think that position designates that we must pay for another nation's abortions just as we don't have to pay for another nation's cell phone bills.

Secondly, good parents don't rely on the church service + sunday school to teach their kids. Leaving your kids to be taught by the church institution with none of your own daily input is just asking for failure.

Kids who go to church normally have parents or at least a parent who is involved in their lives. They are the same kind of parents who will not only make sure the child is attending church but also doing their homework, studying, doing chores, etc.

So probably the difference is parental involvement more than church attendance.

Sure, it's easy to have a "new America" when everyone believes the same thing on issues like abortion, but it's simply not true.

To completely ignore a whole section of society and make them look like something of the past is irresponsible.

There are many valid reasons for being against abortion are there are valid reasons for having abortion as an option. It's a debate that's not finished and many voters know this.