Jesus never says to the poor: ‘come find the church’, but he says to those of us in the church: ‘go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned.
I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages.
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.
If marriage really is a sacred institution, then why is the government controlling it, especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.