I’m partly leaning towards agreeing with you that perhaps government ought not to be involved in marriage licenses, BUT you do realize that in practical terms that there would still be divorce lawsuits and related legal matters put before the courts, right?
(And that assumes the liberal and LGBTABCDEFG movements would let matters proceed without causing as much heartache and mischief as possible.)
Me, I’m guessing if we don’t fight this tooth-and-nail, that the Left may well succeed in destroying societal norms and viciously savage the youth even more than today.
But I’m willing to be persuaded: how do you see with working on a practical level, recognizing that not everyone operates on Christian principles?
What is there to fight? There really is no battle here, because the heart of the issue is not state recognition of "gay marriage" at all. Two males can get "married" under the law even if they are nothing more than drinking buddies who want to file joint tax returns and get a family medical insurance plan. And (sorry to be crude) two other males can sodomize each other all the live-long day without ever getting "married" under the law. Which of these two cases is more destructive from a social and moral standpoint?
But I’m willing to be persuaded: how do you see with working on a practical level, recognizing that not everyone operates on Christian principles?
That's the whole point. It's not going to work. What you're witnessing is a complete breakdown of all social norms, which reflects the silly delusions we've had for years about multi-cultural, secular governance.
You're watching something of historic proportions unfold here. You're witnessing the Tower of Babel version 2.0.