Actually there was a same sex marriage ceremony in the early church. It wasn't until Constantine and the Nicaea conclave that homosexuality was banned. But the same male bonding ceremony continued to around 1000AD.
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Thousands of years of traditions that allowed gay marriage Sam? Romans > allowed it. Pre-Christian Celts and Norse allowed it. Greeks allowed it. > Hindus allowed it. The only faiths that didn't allow it were Islam and > Christianity...even most sects of Judaism are fine with it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:32 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > Apples and oranges. That ruling is based on thousands of years of > traditions > from around the world. By introducing it that way, the same-sex marriage > has > no standing. I'm sure that ruling can also apply to sacrificial lambs the > way you're using it.It doesn't declare what a marriage is, but uses > traditional heterosexual standard for it's ruling. > > . > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Marriage is a right according the ruling in Loving vs. Virginia in > > 1967 > > > > In Chief Justice Earl Warren's opinion for the decision he stated that: > > " Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to > > our very existence and survival..." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:09 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I don't like to use the word "hate". Do they hate the people who are > > > gay? I doubt it. > > > > > > The article you found funny implied Scalia hated (disliked) gays so > > much he was looking for a country that didn't have them. > > > > Are they grossed out or uncomfortable with people who are gay? > > > Most likely. > > > > > > How the hell did you get in their heads and come up with that? Maybe a > > percentage feel that way but that's an awfully large brush you paint > with. > > > > Do they want to deny these people equal rights because of > > > > > those feelings? Apparently. > > > > > > > Is marriage a Right? > > > > > > > > That's just bizarre. Most of my gay friends don't give a rats ass > > > > about gay marriage and they don't hate gays. Only the ones that > > > > hate hero-sexuals do. In my experience. > > > > > > > > > > I've met a lot of gay people...but never ONE who hated heterosexuals. > > > That would be weird to "hate" about 90% of the population.... > > > > > > > I have a friend that relives his black eye from London in the 70's, > > every year we get to relive the story on facebook. Another blames > > hetro's for his lovers suicide 15 years ago. We hear about that all > > the time. They don't come out and say they hate hetro's but it's like > > Larry and conservatives, you know where he stands. > > > > > > > > Marriage isn't a constitutional right but somehow, now, gay > > > > marriage > > is? > > > > And the way they did that was to label all opposed as haters? A > > > > sad day indeed. > > > > > > > > > > YOU are labelling them haters....the rest of us are labelling them > > > as people who would deny others equal rights because of how they were > born. > > > You like to use the word "hate" because it brings emotion to the table. > > > > > > > > Again equal rights? Civil unions create equality. I don't know anybody > > that's against civil unions. Do you? You started with the emotions > > about the justices. > > > > > > > > > Well...that's great for billboards and bumper stickers...but when > > > you get down to brass tacks, it's really quite simple: Do you wish > > > to deny people equal rights because of how they were born? > > > > > > > > Civil Unions > > > > > > > Sam....give me one valid argument AGAINST gay marriage that does NOT > > > involve a view that would prejudice against homosexuals, or in some > > > way cast their love as inferior or even harmful, when compared to > > > hetero relationships?? Give me one, and i'll happily admit that > > > there is a non-bigoted argument against gay marriage. > > > > > > > > Most people that are against gay marriages, I'm guessing, have nothing > > against gays and civil unions. They just want to avoid watering down > > the traditional marriage as we know it. It's already having trouble > > with divorce rates increasing regularly. > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:365036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
