Is It Bigotry?

   I think there is something that the general public does not understand about this conflict concerning Christians being asked to provide service for the marriages of same sex couples.  I have heard of no Christian business owners such as retail stores, donut shops, or gas stations etc. who hesitate to sell their wares to homosexual persons.
    If you notice it is only those whose businesses provide products or service for the marriage ceremony in some way.  It requires an entering in to the occasion.  If these same business owners sold tacos or hot-dogs on the street corner these same sex couples would be sold tacos or hot-dogs.
  Let me explain why there is this difference when it comes to weddings.  In scripture the mysterious relationship between Christ our Messiah and the church is typified by the marital relationship between a man and his wife.  Men are instructed to love their wives as Christ loves the church.  Christ is the protector and provider of His "Bride".
  Revelation 21:8 says:  Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues came to me and talked with me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
  For Christians, that relationship between the Lamb (Christ) and the bride (us) is a holy thing not to be messed with.  Entering in to a marital relationship with two males or two females distorts this holy picture given in scripture.
  It is NOT bigotry.  It is ....don't mess with this holy picture that we believe God gave.  If you have an alternative lifestyle, it is your life to do with as you wish, but don't ask us to cross a boundary of our deeply held religious beliefs.  This inability to participate in same sex weddings is not about you.  Like I said it is not bigotry, it is about not offending our Bridegroom.