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Date/Time 13 Jul 2014 2:11:39am
Consider the case of non-Christian couples who had never been married in a Cristian ceremony. The church would no doubt claim they where not really married (what is their current status ande how can it be otherwise?). They would be concerned that marriage was a profoundly Christian act and to make it otherwise would be to destroy it's cultural foundation. And they would express concern that they would be forced to perform non-Christian marriage ceremonies in Christian places of worship. How is civil same-sex marriage any different? The church already does not recognise established cultural traditions at odds with their own theology - just look at divorce and polygamy. Surely the church will only recognise these unions at the subordinate level that they recognise marriages of other or no faith?