Christianity Today editorial, “Just Married?”:
In the context of this privatized understanding of marriage, in which the institution is valued for its tax value and its health-insurance implications, it is no wonder that gay activists are making their bid for its benefits. If marriage is merely the private choice of two individuals to enter into an intimacy contract, why not let everyone in on the act?
But marriage is more than that. It is more than merely personal. It is more than a contract. It is more than the legitimization of intimacy. And it is…a lot more than health insurance and jointly filed tax returns. Marriage is a modeling of Christ’s love for the church: not as a theological object lesson but as a lived-out parable of the principles that undergird the universe.
Words of Grace 