Why did you quit Christianity?

[FaRmLaNd]

Coca-Cola said:

FaRmLaNd said:

The question of whether gay marriage should or shouldn't be allowed cannot be a religiously decided decision in a secular democracy. For the very reason that a secular democracy is not a theocracy.

Lets put it this way, religions should be happy they exists in a secular democracy and not a theocracy. Why? Because most religious can exist within a secular society but only one can really exist in a theocracy. Take a look at Saudi Arabia and tell me how many churches exist in the country?

Secularism is the only way to go if you want to be able to have multiple religions or none all in the same country.

U.S.A. is a secular democracy

Gay marriage is not just about religion vs. secular, it's deeper than that.  I don't have problems with gay marriage, but marriage has to be defined!  It's going to be a long fight but I do believe in u.s.a., gay marriage will be legal - someday.

Did I ever say that the US wasn't? Its just hypocritical to discriminate against a large percentage of the populace in a country that is secular. Some reports suggest that up to 13% (though I think its less) of the populace are gay. That is not a small minority, its outright hypocrisy in a country that separates church and state. Its as simple as that.

The US and other western countries that don't allow gay marriage are secular (Australia, my own country doesn't allow gay marriage either), but they're clearly not secular enough.

Marriage should either be defined as a legal connection between two people (no mention of sex at all) or only have civil unions with marriage being simply a label one gives to it. To not allow massive portions of the country to marry just doesn't make any sense.