I personally think it would be better for all, if the words “Civil Unions” were to be used for such unions by the civil authorities, and not the word “Marriage”. Such unions should be open to all couples regardless of their particular sexual orientation, and ensure equal “civil” rights to all such couples!!
Then the chruch could use the word “marriage” to mean just what each church would want it to mean. And there are at least some churches where same sex marriages are also welcome. But, no church should be made to sanction a particular sexually oriented marriage that it objects to.
Overall, that would then totally support the great principle of the seperation of the state from any particular religion. A principle that protects the church as much from the state, as it protects the state from the church!
And the only thing that Indiana needs to do to make this entire issue simply go away, is to change their own “freedom of religion” law to conform with the federal law. Just as Arkansas has evidently now done. Simple as that!
I personally think it would be better for all, if the words “Civil Unions” were to be used for such unions by the civil authorities, and not the word “Marriage”. Such unions should be open to all couples regardless of their particular sexual orientation, and ensure equal “civil” rights to all such couples!!
Then the chruch could use the word “marriage” to mean just what each church would want it to mean. And there are at least some churches where same sex marriages are also welcome. But, no church should be made to sanction a particular sexually oriented marriage that it objects to.
Overall, that would then totally support the great principle of the seperation of the state from any particular religion. A principle that protects the church as much from the state, as it protects the state from the church!
And the only thing that Indiana needs to do to make this entire issue simply go away, is to change their own “freedom of religion” law to conform with the federal law. Just as Arkansas has evidently now done. Simple as that!