On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Sam - just to be clear, the definition of 'marriage' I am referring to when > I talk about 'gay marriage' is the civil contract between 2 consenting > adults recognized by the government. I am NOT referring to the religious > ceremony - I do not believe any church should be forced to perform > ceremonies of ANY couple regardless of their sexual orientation. > > Civil unions should be equal but are not. The use of the word Marriage is the issue. > So, you seem to be saying that a heterosexual couple is allowed to enter > into this 'civil contract' but a homosexual one cannot. Again, I ask > (though I am giving up hope of actually getting a straight answer - no pun > intended) how is this NOT discrimination? > A same-sex couple can. Each state has different rules and the civil union laws do not equal the legal rights granted to married couples. This should change, instead we're changing the definition of a word. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:365051 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
