I think we all pretty much agree that this would be the ideal solution...but it would be awfully hard to get done in practice. For better or worse (surely worse), "marriage" and religion are possibly intertwined beyond separation.
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could not agree with you more on this one, Larry. > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Larry Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >I'm telling you, I really think it's the 'ick' factor. Yes, many people > > cite > > >their religion...but I bet their religion opposes all sorts of crap that > > >they conveniently ignore. Why so hard core on this particular issue? > > > > > >It's a convenient excuse to oppose a group of people who gives them the > > >heebie-jeebies....OR....a group that they secretly have more in common > > with > > >then they'd like to admit, lets not forget about this contingent. > > > > > > > Perhaps, homosexuality and heterosexuality is not all or nothing. They > fit > > along a continuum. > > > > That said, my own take on gay marriage is fairly simple. Take the legal > > aspects of marriage out entirely and make that a civil union. let it be > > legit between any two consenting adults that do not fit within the legit > > degrees of consanguinity (ie., they're not siblings or first cousins). > Then > > if the couple want a religious ceremony they can have such on their own, > > without the involvement of the government. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294615 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
