This article comes from my good friend, and card carrying Libertarian, Matthew Collins. Matt is a Nazarene Clergyman currently attending Seminary in pursuit of his Masters of Divinity.

Firstly, I want to be upfront about who I am - I am a part of a Wesleyan Holiness denomination called “the Church of the Nazarene.”  What this means is that I do hold to the traditional line of Christian orthodoxy about homosexual practice - that it is forbidden by the Bible.  Now, I’m not going to argue this - it is what I believe after investigation of the subject, and ill-considered discussion will only stir up biased hatreds and bigotry to argue in any direction.  I believe fundamentally that all men and women are children of God and my neighbors who are to be loved.  I make no claims to being perfect in love, but I will say that I do my best to treat all people of all beliefs with fondness and dignity.  If any of my readers who are homosexual themselves would like to point out a time I have treated them with bigotry or intolerance or hatred, I would say that you are welcome to share it with me, because i will gladly listen.  I can only offer contrition if I have ever treated any person without love.

But, that is another subject.  What I specifically want to write about, as a Reverend and Christian, is Gay marriage - and why I support it.  But what I also want to speak about is the necessity of the separation of Church and State - and what it should properly look like.
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