Money over morality?

We've heard it before, while folks are arguing about the morality of things like abortion, gambling and legalizing drugs, someone will always come along and move the discussion to money. The question is no longer is it right, but what will it cost us financially. It is no surprise that the gay marriage debate is now being framed in the light of the alleged financial doom that awaits North Carolina if we pass an amendment banning gay marriage. See the article here - Bank of America and gay marriage

Do we really want to make our guess at future financial consequences the main factor in deciding what is right or what laws we should pass? I remember the arguments for gambling/lotteries and how proponents said, if we don't have them all that money will be lost to other states, yet, gambling has proven to be a money loser for every state that has it. See this article for some great statistics and insight by Al Mohler - Al Mohler on Gambling

Of course the fact that it is costing us money to have lotteries and casinos is no reason to have them or not have them, if they were a morally good and necessary thing, then I say have them, even if they are money losers. My point in this example is simply that the predictions of future financial doom regarding passing or not passing certain laws are often wrong.

Likewise, there is no way to predict what would actually happen if we legalized drugs in terms of the financial implications or damage to society in other ways. Surely, when it comes to abortion, if someone believes the unborn are actual children, the mere mention of financial cost in the debate would be seen as barbaric.

So when it comes to legalising gay marriage and possible financial implications, I don't think I can add any better evaluation than the one given in God's word -

1 Tim. 6:9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (NKJV)

I don't think most of these people promoting sin by passing immoral laws are believers straying from the faith, but they are certainly straying from the truth of God's word none the less and will bring many sorrows to themselves and those around them who suffer the consequences of laws made based on money over morals!

"Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved."