Marriage Mockers: Christians and Gays Both

Thank God that the early church required orthopraxy as well as orthodoxy of its members. Now orthopraxy is not sinless perfection, but it does require us not to make provision for the flesh to satisfy its gross desires. Thus, the mockery professing Christians commonly make of marriage by living together before they make their vows in the presence of the covenant community of the church is not acceptable.

It's not enough for a Christian to vote "yes" on Proposition 8 that opposes the mockery of honoring same-sex relations. We must honor marriage by not engaging in the parody of "shacking up" before we marry. Moreover, we should use the older language that called a couple's living together without benefit of marriage "living in sin." For that is an exact description of what it is according to the Bible.