I'm not sure what the evangelical position on performing second marriages is. My point is that the church's attitude to people who are in second marriages (regardless of whether those marriages were performed by the church) is not consistent with the teaching those people are in an ongoing adulterous relationship. If a remarried couple and a gay couple turn up to an evangelical church, which will be more welcome?
Christians might argue that it matters whether the first marriage was performed in church or while the people taking part were Christian, but they will then run into further trouble: if civil ceremonies or ceremonies before conversion don't form marriages, some of their congregation are fornicating.
I'm not particularly interested in debating what "marriage" really is: I'd say it's a social convention which can be amended. Marriage was made for man, and not man for marriage, if you like.
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Date: 2010-01-24 04:10 pm (UTC)Christians might argue that it matters whether the first marriage was performed in church or while the people taking part were Christian, but they will then run into further trouble: if civil ceremonies or ceremonies before conversion don't form marriages, some of their congregation are fornicating.
I'm not particularly interested in debating what "marriage" really is: I'd say it's a social convention which can be amended. Marriage was made for man, and not man for marriage, if you like.