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The problem with this argument is that how one perceives God is different than how another perceives Him. In my religion, if one were to believe that the basis and recognition of true marriage flows from God, then SSM is a true marriage, as it is acceptable in my religion on religious grounds.
That's the problem with the religious argument in this case. It is not universal. It's based on belief, something that is subjective and personal, either to the individual or to the faith. My faith decrees that same-sex marriages are fine in the eyes of The Lord on religious merits. Yours seem to say that they are not. Does this mean that one of us is wrong? No, not based on our personal belief systems. Does it mean that one of us is right? Again, not based on our personal belief systems. The problem here isn't arguing whether something like this is right or wrong. The problem is the lack of acceptance in the validity that one might believe something different. We see this all the time... the Judeo-Christian world, the Muslim world, and others. This lack of acceptance of the validity that someone could believe something different is what creates many of our problems on this and other issues.
The above was not directed at you, but it was your post that spurred the thought.
I suspect that's because you and I follow the idea that our relationship with God is individual, one on one. "God speaks to us in a manner that we will understand at the time" and in my studies it has become clear HE wants no one in between. You do not need clergy to be with God, that whole Roman set up was based on the Pagan model designed to make rich the pagan practitioners.
Seems to have worked for the Vatican