Ake, the body of Christian belief covers so many areas—all of life, in fact, to a devout Christian—that if the one's Christian beliefs could be undermined simply by the institution of same-sex marriage (remember, many Christian churches find no problem with it at all), then I'd say one's beliefs were never very strong to begin with. Within the canon of Christian belief, there are far many more reasons to include it than to forbid it.

I've been through this discussion a number of times and heard clergy discuss the matter extensively, so I know what I'm talking about here.

Don Firth