Re: gay marriage, was RE: Boy Scouts Of America (starts from Gruss' last response)

OK.  Fine.  But the gov't should use the same language for
everyone, 
then.  As in, "I went before the judge to get a civil
union with my 
girlfriend".

If the term "marriage" has any legal standing,
then it should be applied 
across-the-board.  Also, if a "marriage" is a
religious- or 
culturally-based moniker, then there is absolutely nothing
stopping any 
church or other non-government organization from performing
marriages.

--BenD

Scott Stewart wrote:
> Why? (not trying to stir up a shitstorm).
> Isn't "marriage" a church function? 
> Shouldn't the government only recognize the union of a
man and a woman, man
> and man, woman and woman. And leave church sanctioning
out of it?
> 
> I'm all for gay couples having the same rights as
hetero couples, but I
> don't think that the word "marriage" should
stand in the way of that.
> 


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> Ben wrote:
> If the term "marriage" has any legal
standing, then it should be applied
> across-the-board.

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My major concern is legal rights, I've always been an
advocate of "what
consenting adults do on their own time is their own
business", If two people
want to spend the rest of their lives together, they should
be afforded all
of the rights and responsibilities that it entails.

Our society has wrapped this up in a nice religious package
by stamping the
word "marriage" on it. We've given religious
officials the power to perform
legally binding ceremonies, and by proxy the authority to
dictate who get's
the "privilege".





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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Doom [mailto:hofbendoom.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 4:27 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: gay marriage, was RE: Boy Scouts Of America
(starts from Gruss'
last response)

OK.  Fine.  But the gov't should use the same language for
everyone, 
then.  As in, "I went before the judge to get a civil
union with my 
girlfriend".

If the term "marriage" has any legal standing,
then it should be applied 
across-the-board.  Also, if a "marriage" is a
religious- or 
culturally-based moniker, then there is absolutely nothing
stopping any 
church or other non-government organization from performing
marriages.

--BenD

Scott Stewart wrote:
> Why? (not trying to stir up a shitstorm).
> Isn't "marriage" a church function? 
> Shouldn't the government only recognize the union of a
man and a woman,
man
> and man, woman and woman. And leave church sanctioning
out of it?
> 
> I'm all for gay couples having the same rights as
hetero couples, but I
> don't think that the word "marriage" should
stand in the way of that.
> 




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