pointing out the futility of arguing with a closed mind. But hey, I
have been know to indulge.
Here in New Mexico we had a county clerk conclude that the law did not
preclude same-sex marriage and roughly 150 couples married in the next
few days until the Atoorney-General issued an opinion that yes it did.
As I understand it though the rationale of this boils down to marriage
license applications that have a space for a man's name and a woman's
name. I believe the issue is bogged down in the courts.
I could be wrong though. Although I think two women or two men should
be able to marry if they like -- I mean, why turn away committed
couples? -- I don't really follow the issue as I have no plans to
marry a woman nor do I know anyone who does.
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:02:47 -0400
Subject: Re: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My understanding is, at the moment nationwide, there are over 400
distinctly different definitions of marriage in different
jurisdictions.
Jerry Johnson
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/15/04 04:50PM >>>
yeah, and people answered you.
Dana
----- Original Message -----
From: Monique Boea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:37:13 -0400
Subject: RE: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think I asked this b4 but is MARRIAGE legally defined?
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 4:19 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Senate rejects move to ban same-sex marriage
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:49:23 -0400, Monique Boea
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But gay people will be imposing their beliefs of me if they rewrite any
laws
> to support gay marriage...
>
> and that's ok?
First, IIRC in most states I think that there is NO law preventing gay
marriage. It's just something that has traditionally been that nobody
would perform the ceremony. So by having a judge rule that it's not
illegal is not changing the law, it's clarifying that there isn't a
law in the first place. Many states are now scrambling to get laws on
the books to prevent such a ruling. So it's actually the
anti-gay-marriage people who are making the fuss.
Second, even if a law IS passed to allow gay marriage, I'm honestly
baffled to see how that affects YOU. It doesn't deny you the right to
believe that it's wrong. However, passing a law to prevent it IS
denying someone a right.
> Argue with God on the matter, He created us.
See now, we already talked about the separation of church and state issue.
:-)
-Kevin________________________________
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