Reply #28: Had a discussion with a Pastor once and he would agree with [View All]

the idea of civil union/contracts, and I think there would be a lot more folks that would consider that as well. I am in what you would call a common-law marriage (13 years). We each have been through the marriage/divorce deal. Big tax hit for one, and this whole marriage thing has been corrupted by the states in one way or another, too easy to divorce, common law 50/50 split, insurance coverage, death taxes, marriage penalty tax etc. I am not against marriage, it's just not for me at this time in my life.

The Pastor's take was:
Marriage in the biblical context is between a man and a women according to Genesis, so he did not feel he could perform a gay marriage. (Of couse by the same token he already considered us as married) He was for the Blessing of same sex unions. And while there is much debate in the church body as a whole on that issue, he felt that there should be just as much debate with regards to the state laws to afford same-sex couples all the benefits of married couples.