The Marriage Debate: How far????
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The Marriage Debate: How far????
| Mon, 10-06-2008 - 3:34pm |
In CA, we are about to vote on a constitutional amendment on whether marriage should be defined as between a man and woman.

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I believe that the state should neither encourage, nor discourage any form of marriage.
You should be able to marry anyone (or more than one) you choose, as long as they are consenting adults, or, perhaps penguins.
~Ashley~
~Ashley~
You should be able to marry anyone (or more than one) you choose, as long as they are consenting adults, or, perhaps penguins.
Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07
I don't LIKE these sorts of discussions, because I'm normally labelled something nasty as soon as I admit I don't support some loosening of the current "rules" concerning marriage.
Really, you already invite government into your sacred marriage when you chose to enter into the civic institution of marriage rather than just having a religious ceremony.
To me, marriage is a sacred thing, one of religious and faith-based definitions.
I think the point is, though, that some churches don't see it as a sin and have no problem marrying two men or two women who obviously consider marriage a sacred thing (as shown by wanting to get married in a church).
But see I have no issues whatsoever with CIVIC unions between any two people of legal age.
I would entirely agree with you except for the fact that the rights associated with marriage come entirely, 100% from the government and not in the slightest bit from any religious authority. It requires no religion whatsoever to be legally married in any state in the US.
No religion can be compelled to marry anyone it decides it does not want to marry, so no religion is being asked to sanctify same sex marriages if they do not fine this appropriate. Other religions, of course, are quite happy to santify same sex marriages, their decisions on who they will or will not marry do not depend on gender orientation.
Now that same sex marriage is legal in CA, the government is obliged to issue marriage lisences to same sex couples who are entitled to the exact same legal rights and responsiblities as straight married couples. Chruches who do not wish to perform same sex marriages don't perform them, churches that wish to perform them, do perform them -- EVERYONE has freedom of their religious practice.
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