Poppycock. Marriage existed before the State, and will outline it. The Libertarians turned out to be right: we were (and are) fools for obsessing over the Law, rather than living by the Spirit.
That said, I agree with the larger argent that this us a turning point in the divorce of Church and Culture. But it was a pretty dysfunctional marriage all along. :-P Sent from my iPhone On Jun 27, 2013, at 11:43, [email protected] wrote: > > National Catholic Register > > Marriage Is Dead And The Church Is Next > > > > http://www.ncregister.comby > > Pat Archbold Wednesday, June 26, 2013 > > DOMA is dead. > > And, technicalities aside, Prop 8. in California is dead, paving the way for > same-sex marriage there. > > While many people will try to dissect these opinions and look for legal > silver linings based on the narrowness of this or that part of the rulings, > make no mistake, as a practical matter marriage as we knew it is over. The > dam has burst even if all the water has not yet traversed the breach. > > Marriage, as the union of a man and woman for the purposes of raising > children and for mutual support as recognized in culture and law, has ceased > to exist. The only reason that marriage needs be recognized by law is that > previous generations understood its value and wished to confer certain legal > and societal privileges to it so as to encourage it. They rightly understood > that marriage is the cornerstone of a society. > > Advocates have used those legal and societal privileges to beat, twist, and > deform the very meaning and purpose of marriage. We now view the purpose of > marriage solely as the conferring of these legal and societal privileges, and > thus they can be granted to anyone and anything. > > While many states have sought to forestall the redefinition of marriage in > their states by statute or constitution, today's ruling basically invalidates > their efforts and has opened the floodgate to approval of same sex marriage > across the nation with no reasonable recourse. Marriage as we knew it is dead. > > With the universal legal recognition of same-sex marriage a fait accompli, > the next fight will on the Church doorstep. The next battle will be to force > Churches, most particularly the Catholic Church, to recognize and conduct > same-sex marriage. The refusal to do so will result in a series of escalating > legal and financial ramifications. > > Eventually, becuase of its refusal to recognize immoral unions as marriage, > the state will refuse to recognize Church marriages. As a result, more and > more people will bypass Church marriage altogether, further marginalizing > faith in this country. This effort is and has always been a war against > religion and in particular a war against the Catholic Church. Right now, it > is a war we are losing and after today, perhaps it is fair to say that we > lost. > > Yes, the Church has the guarantee that it will ultimately prevail, but that > does not mean it will prevail in the United States. The failure to see the > real target of this war and frankly the weak response to the threat by Church > leaders and rank and file have doomed marriage and put the target squarely on > the sanctuary. > > I don't know if religious liberty can be saved in this country, but it is > worth fighting for. I for one will continue to fight, but at least now > everyone should understand that the battle is real and we are losing. I just > hope that we haven't already lost. > > > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
