Why should Christians care if same-sex couples marry? If they are unbelievers, why should Christians dictate their actions? Shouldn't we just worry about preaching the gospel?
U.S. Supreme Court building. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) This question is based upon the false premise that Scripture assigns the accountability to marriage to Christians alone rather than to society at large. Christian concern for marriage is deeply concerned with the moral risk taken by unbelievers when they marginalize, reject, subvert, or harm marriage in any way. Christians believe this risk threatens acting parties with eternal consequences. Furthermore, it is quite selective and arbitrary to say that when it comes to same-sex marriage, Christians should not ask unbelievers to act like unbelievers. Why should that request be limited to same-sex marriage? Should it be applied to other aspects of the criminal code? Should Christians not expect non-Christians to live by the same civil laws they live by? Should Christians require non-Christians not to murder or steal? The law places demands on us on purpose. La...