Should Gay Marriage Be Legal In America

Is this real life? After the history lesson and explanation of the motivation behind the 1st amendment, which completely negates the claim that this country was built on Christianity, your only objection is what Madison meant by a quote? The 1st amendment is a two way street. No government in religion and no religion in government. The government is controlled by the people, and the government makes laws for people. So when the 1st amendment says no laws respecting an establishment of religion, it may as well say no laws with religion controlling the government, and no laws with religion for the people to follow. Claiming there needs to be a law against gay marriage, because gay marriage is anti-christian would be requesting a law with respects to a religion. Con says "If the America was built on "escaping" Christianity, then why does our currency say "In God we trust?" What something is built on is its foundation. The foundation of America was not in 1957 when "In God We Trust" was affixed to our paper money. Also the original slogan was put on our coins...in 1864, much after the foundation of America. https://en.wikipedia.org... The founding fathers may or may not have talked a lot about god, but they most certainly talked a lot about not having a government run by religion, because of their disdain of a tyrannical government with a centralized religion...England. Pro asks "Why did the Pilgrims leave England in the first place?" To escape religious persecution from a tyrannical government with a centralized religion of Christianity...to escape Christian rule. Pro says "Marriage is not just two social security numbers...marriage is sacred" Well, my claim was that with respects to the federal government, two people getting married is just two social security numbers. The government doesn't even care if you love each other to be married in their eyes. You are married if your social security numbers are identified as married filing jointly. This should not, and does not, take away from the sacredness of a marriage, because the government does not make your sacredness or love true. You love your partner irrespective of the government. Pro continues with a non sequitur "the Government does care more than a tie to taxes because according to the constitution they can't favor a religion" Marriage, to the government, is more than just taxes, because the first amendment doesn't allow for laws to be made with respects to a religion? This makes no sense, please clarify. Pro says "obviously, the Founding Fathers were into God and Christianity, America was based off of Christianity" Even if Con's claim that the founding fathers were into god and Christianity were true, it does not mean the founding fathers didn't support a secular government. America was based off of religious freedom, not Christianity. Pro then begins to slippery slope the idea of letting gay people marry in America to hell breaking lose like the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. Then Pro quotes some bible passages to demonstrate gay marriage being wrong, to which I will repeat my unanswered round 1 questions: 1. Why should I consider the bible to be authoritative on matters of morality? 2. If our country forbids laws considering religious establishments, why should we consider Christianity when making laws about gay marriage? Things to consider when answering. 1. The bible says that being gay is an abomination. The bible also says that a woman who is not a virgin on her wedding night, shall be brought to her father's door and stoned to death. I assume that women who have had premarital sex can't get married either given the bible. https://www.biblegateway.com...... 2. America was built on freedom from religious persecution.