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All a government is able to do is recognize and re...

2008-10-28T08:38:29.193-07:00

All a government is able to do is recognize and record civil partnerships. Marriage is a spiritual sacrament; governments aren't competent to offer it.

So get government out of the religion business, and record only civil unions. Then if people have belief-systems that include sacramental blessings on couples, let them do whatever their religion does.

In other words, my priest should not have to fill out some damn government's license forms; and it's none of the government's business what ceremonies we offer to couples in our church.

Legal opposition of gay marriage is ridiculous. I...

2008-10-17T23:09:56.582-07:00

Legal opposition of gay marriage is ridiculous. It's a clear violation of church and state.

These things should be two separate entities:

Marriage should be regulated by the churches and SHOULD NOT be legally recognized.

Joint tax status (or what have you) should be regulated by the government and should allow for sharing of resources and any "official" business of the people. It should be recognized between ANY two people.

Or I'll start a movement to abolish ALL marriage due to its abysmal success rates.

Bill - what exactly are the values of the institut...

2008-10-17T16:03:21.989-07:00

Bill - what exactly are the values of the institution of marriage?

I agree with you that marriage is a very old concept - actually, the concept is much older than christianity - but do you realise that the values of this institution changed a lot over time?

Did you know that gay marriage was a given in 18th century France (affrerements)? That it was also possible in pre-Christian Rome?

I don't want much, Bill. I just want the right to demand to see my partner in hospital when he dies - or to inherit his belongings. That's something every heterosexual spouse or husband gets - but that's something we are being denied. And I want the recognition of our community that my partner and I are not in a "phase", not "misguided", not "f***ing around", but are really partners for life.

I support the traditional definition of marriage, ...

2008-10-17T15:50:20.656-07:00

I support the traditional definition of marriage, which is between a man and his property - a woman of the same race.

If we start allowing white men to marry black women, we'll soon have people marrying their pets!!!

I'm not racist, I just support the values of an institution that is thousands of years old.

SUPPORT TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE! OPPOSE INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE!

There are other, similar measures on the ballot in...

2008-10-17T12:50:26.798-07:00

There are other, similar measures on the ballot in other states right now. Item #2 on the Florida ballot would constitutionally prohibit not only gay marriage but "that no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized." And even though I'm gay, my religious parents refuse to vote no on the measure. So much for actually supporting their children.

Slavery is thousands of years old too, Bill. Tradi...

2008-10-17T11:58:50.441-07:00

Slavery is thousands of years old too, Bill. Tradition isn't always right.

Bill, the institution of marriage is actually only...

2008-10-17T11:51:44.131-07:00

Bill, the institution of marriage is actually only a few centuries old, not hthousands of years. And the reason it was instituted in the first place (during the 15th Century (in case you can't read roman numerals)) was for the Spanish catholic monarchs to have a legal way of expropriating all the muslims and jews they were kicking out of spain. Good luck to you, homophobe.

Not anti-gay, just anti gay-marriage. I support t...

2008-10-17T11:33:20.923-07:00

Not anti-gay, just anti gay-marriage. I support the values of an institution that is thousands of years old.