> Why don't Christians want to enter "christian unions" and cede control over the word "marriage" to the state as a legal construct
The dig at Christianity is odd. Of the 36 countries around the world that recognize same-sex marriage, only one (Taiwan) is non-Christian. And there it was adopted by court order, not legislation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage. In fact, every single country, besides Taiwan, to accept same-sex marriage is either populated by European Christians, or was colonized and dominated by them (in Latin America, and South Africa).
None of the officially atheist countries recognize same-sex marriage. Of the former Soviet bloc countries that practiced state atheism, the only one that recognizes same sex marriage is Estonia, which was historically one of the few Protestant (Lutheran) countries in Eastern Europe.
That’s not a coincidence. Acceptance of same-sex marriage arises directly out of Christian ideas about man being made in the image of God and in particular Protestant ideas about individualized morality.
Historically, Japan’s view of marriage was strongly shaped by Chinese Confucianism, in which the focus of marriage is not the two individuals, but on the families being united through the marriage and the production of children that are related to both families.
The dig at Christianity is odd. Of the 36 countries around the world that recognize same-sex marriage, only one (Taiwan) is non-Christian. And there it was adopted by court order, not legislation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage. In fact, every single country, besides Taiwan, to accept same-sex marriage is either populated by European Christians, or was colonized and dominated by them (in Latin America, and South Africa).
None of the officially atheist countries recognize same-sex marriage. Of the former Soviet bloc countries that practiced state atheism, the only one that recognizes same sex marriage is Estonia, which was historically one of the few Protestant (Lutheran) countries in Eastern Europe.
That’s not a coincidence. Acceptance of same-sex marriage arises directly out of Christian ideas about man being made in the image of God and in particular Protestant ideas about individualized morality.
Historically, Japan’s view of marriage was strongly shaped by Chinese Confucianism, in which the focus of marriage is not the two individuals, but on the families being united through the marriage and the production of children that are related to both families.