Why change the name...marriage is marriage. It doesn't matter what you call it. Hate is also hate...homophobia is hate. 40-50 years ago, they had this same exact argument except then is was allowing interracial marriages. The arguments are the same, the hate is the same, only the labels have changed.
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 1:56 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: interesting opinion piece on Beck and the teabagging party 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:326461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
