As the Supreme Court ponders the question of the constitutionality of excluding gay and lesbian couples from the rights afforded heterosexual couples in marriage, I am thinking more comprehensively about this subject as well. As a Neo-Pentecostal preacher, I am on the side of inclusion of same-sex couples in the institution of marriage. But what is more important than my position on this issue is the "why". Too often this debate is polarized and relationships are dismantled upon the declaration of a side. Whether you are for or against marriage equality really tells me very little. In the "why" is the meat of the argument (rhetorically speaking). As you are having this debate with your friends, family, co-workers, etc., care enough to hear their "why" and care enough to articulate your own "why".
