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I saw this posted by a friend of mine on their Facebook. Now, I've stated on these forums I'm not an incredibly religious person but I am always interested to see the various ways religious people of all degrees approach issues. I must say, this is a relatively unique view point as far as actually articulating it that I've heard a person make and I was wondering what some of the population of DP's view on the op ed is:
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The debate over gay marriage, highlighted by President Obama’s endorsement this week, makes me sad. Extremists on both sides of the argument are either dancing for joy or arming for battle. Politicians, rather than focusing on the economy, foreign relations or American security, are using gay marriage to invigorate their base and to raise campaign funds. Pastors, rather than encouraging people to love God with all their heart, mind and strength and to love their neighbor as themselves, are self-righteously pontificating on things they know very little about. It is amazing that an issue that impacts a small percentage of the population has become such an important dividing line in American culture. (According to anarticle in the Huffington Post, Gary Gates, demographer-in-residence at the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA, estimates that 1.7% of US adults self-identify as gay or lesbian.)
I have been wrestling with the biblical principles surrounding gay marriage. Three major tenets guide my understanding: