Id go further than that and build in a way to allow poly marriages as well. On Oct 26, 2012 9:28 AM, "Eric Roberts" <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote:
> > I think what the process should be is that when you get a marriage > certificate, the clerk does a quick check to make sure you are not married > to anyone else and confirms that both parties are of a legal age and > confirms that both parties are consenting willingly and then you are > married. If you wish t back that up by also having a wedding at your > religious institution of choice and have it blessed and sanctioned by your > church...you can then go ahaead and do that...then the religious part s > 100% > divorced from the legal part of the marriage. > > ------------------------------------ > Three Ravens Consulting > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com > tel: 630-486-5255 > fax: 630-310-8531 > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > ------------------------------------ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 8:13 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: You have to wonder about those against same sex marriage > > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > "People are protesting for civil contracts - the name of those > > contracts, according to the government, is 'marriage'" > > > > Ehhh. Semantics. > > > > It might be. But if we can't call it one thing for heterosexuals and > something different for homosexuals. 'Separate but equal' simply does not > work. > > My thought on it is that the government should get out of the marriage > business all together. The word should be stricken from all government > forms. I am OK with the government being concerned about civil unions, > though. > > If a couple wants to get married, they go to their church, temple, etc. If > they want the government to acknowledge that union, the need to go to the > municipality, county, state office to fill out paper work. Two separate > processes for two separate 'unions'. > > The problem in this debate is that the government and religious > institutions > use the same word 'marriage' to describe two different things. It does not > help that in many religious marriage ceremonies, the priest, rabbi, > minister, etc. also handle what could be considered the 'civil' side of the > paperwork in completing the marriage license. > > > -- > Scott Stroz > --------------- > You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder > what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris > > http://xkcd.com/386/ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356851 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
