There would still be people against it. Most likely still the Bible thumpers.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > So why isn't that your fight. Fight to change the marriage license to > civil union and it's done. > Oddly enough that could be done easily bit what's the fun in that. > With no opponents who do you get to brand as haters? > > > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have stated for quite sometime that the biggest hurdle with gay >> marriage is the religious institutions and the government use the same >> word for different reasons. >> >> Religious institutions use the word 'marriage' to describe a religious >> ceremony. >> The government uses the word 'marriage' to describe a civil contract >> between 2 consenting adults. >> >> A lot of opponents of gay marriage I have spoken to seem to think that >> because I am a proponent of gay marriage that it means that I want to >> force their church to allow gay couples to be married in a religious >> ceremony. I would be willing to bet there are quite a few opponents fo >> gay marriage who feel the same way. >> >> I think that government should get out of the marriage business. When >> I got married in a religious ceremony in a church, I had to get a >> 'marriage license' from the state. That 'marriage license' should be a >> 'civil union' license. And the guidelines for a civil union should be >> simple. Any 2 consenting adults should be allowed to enter into a >> civil union so long as both are not in a civil union with another >> person. >> >> If you get married in a church, you go through the religious ceremony >> of marriage, but need to get the civil union or contract handled >> through the government. >> >> To me, the biggest hurdle in gay marriage boils down to nomenclature. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326397 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
