This is the best approach to the issue.

We are all sinners, and we are all saved in Christ. It is a reminder not to get hung up pretending that we Christians are not without sin - but acknowledge it daily and ask forgiveness.

There have been periods in the past where homosexuality and "freedom" of choice in this regard was rampant (eg Rome, Greece, etc.) as it is today, so this is not an entirely new animal. What makes it new is allowing it to have the word "marriage" and the various secular rights associated with the word "marriage".

However, we must not accept a secular definition of God's plan.

It may come down to the same way we attempt to differentiate ourselves in Holy Communion as Lutherans. The name "Communion" is widely used in various churches throughout the world - but the meaning is different for the Lutheran church based on the oaths we take and the meaning understood and associated with it. In the same way we can distinguish marriage as God's intended plan by continuing to uphold it's long standing definition by God in the Lutheran Church.

Isaac