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In reply to the discussion: Does being adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage make someone a bigot? [View all]On the Road
(20,783 posts)and if you are recommending making all marriages civil, I agree.
However, in the US marriage is now a joint civil/religious institution. As long as that is the case, it is tied to Christianity, Christian deism, or the predominant Christian deistic ethic the countr ethic. If that is an issue, one sensible choice is to decouple the two. Right now the current effort insists that the institution remain a religious one (since civil unions are now considered déclassé). Short of making the institution civil, it's difficult to see how religious concerns can be considered not relevant.
MLK's views might have developed, although using the black ministry as a guide it is very possible they would not have. What I am saying it appears difficult for people to accept the version of MLK that really existed. The term "viewing the past through the lens of the present" may be better than "rewriting history" for describing the disconnect.