Should Pastors Walk Away From Civil Marriage?

Some 60 percent of Americans live in a state where the definition of marriage has been changed to include same-sex couples. And the Supreme Court may soon enshrine the new definition nationwide.

In response, Christian churches and denominations, including evangelicals, are dividing between those who believe what Scripture and the church have always taught about human sexuality and marriage, and those who prefer to change with the times.

And, as I have written in a new article at BreakPoint.org, there is further disagreement among those who hold an historically orthodox view of marriage, about how we should best move forward in response to the state that seems hell-bent on denying it.

Writing in First Things last week, Ephraim Radner and Christopher Seitz have proposed what they call "The Marriage Pledge." Because, they say, "the new definition of marriage no longer coincides with the Christian understanding of marriage between a man and woman," they've asked clergy to "disengage" civil marriage from Christian marriage in the performance of pastoral duties.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/separating-civil-and-christian-marriage-should-we-sign-the-pledge-130858/