Gay Marriage 2, right of contracts
Channel: Brain Outy
Date: 2013-02-28

PLEASE READ.  I'm rethinking what I said in the 313 video response to Gay Marriage.  Turns out the issue is more fundamental, and at that fundamental level, I don't see how we can deny the right of anyone to make a contract which they call 'marriage', however repugnant it is to us.  The right for two people to make ANY kind of contract is fundamental to human freedom. The state has a right to regulate and rule on what contracts are valid within its territory, which is why the state has a right to regulate or rule on what constitutes 'marriage'.  This is a state right, not a Federal right, in the United States.  For state law governs contracts.

Recognition of a contract is NOT 'approval' of the contract.  The recognition and terms of adjudication of the contract, are vital to orderly society.  The aptness or stupidness of contract terms, are a matter for the parties to that contract, to adjudge themselves, prior to obligating themselves.  After that, the contracting parties may or may not have recourse under state law, to pursue any grievances if the contract is breached.  So the state very much has the right, for example, to rule on what constitutes 'marriage' within its borders.  Most states have reciprocity rules (i.e., if you married in Nevada and have a valid license there, your license is recognized in any other state and most countries).

Government itself is a contract between the persons in the polity and the polity itself, which includes not only the form of government adopted, but also its rules.  Those who don't like it can vote with their feet or their lives.  So therefore to deny the RIGHT OF CONTRACT to any human being, goes against Scripture, since the Mosaic Law itself is a contract, as is salvation.

If you think my reasoning faulty, please let me know:  please provide Bible substance, so I can benefit from your advice.