I found this article disappointing. Rev. Logie offers to explain WHY 3 major religions oppose marrying same sex couples but does not proceed to do so. He merely reiterates that they do.

He makes no attempt to explain WHY followers of Islam consider same sex relationships to be adultry. In fact he doesn't even explain what that faith considers adultry to be, let alone how same sex couples could be seen as committing it. How could a gay couple who have been partnered for 25 years, raised 2 children and now have grandchildren understand why their family wouldn't even register at the concept level to Muslims after reading his explanation?

In the case of Judaism he merely states that Jews used to think that God was directly quoted in the old Testament. I just finished a course in Old Testament theology and I can't imagine what he's refering to. Compulsory heterosexuality isn't found in the Old Testament. Levitican Law seems to proscribe homosexuality between male Levitican priests but this doesn't even extend to the laity of that time, and Levitican laws were always open to dispute and interpretation. If applied literally you'd actually have to kill your children for talking back to you and other such atrocities that we've no evidence anyone actually did or would do. He does nothing to answer the question, "Why do many Jewish denominations oppose marrying same sex couples?"

He is most dismisive about Christianity stating merely that homosexuality is considered a sin with no further comment at all.

As usual, the reader is left with no better understanding of why 3 major religions oppose allowing same sex couples from entering civil marriage contracts so vehemently that they spend countless dollars and volunteer hours fighting it. We're left with no more explanation than, "because we think God doesn't like it, so we don't either." That's not good enough to deny millions of families access to the civil benefits, protections and responcibilities afforded by marriage. It also leaves the reader with the impression that religion is just arbitrary and unreasonable.