I could make a strong argument, that any governmental entity who issues a "Marriage License" is in fact violating the 1st Amendment......Marriage is a religious function, distinctive from a civil union. --- correction: marriage used to be a religious function. The state owns it now.
so you advocate equal benefits and legal 'union' status for gays? On May 17, 2:39 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > By no means do I persecute Gays. Just the opposite, I am one of the > Class's biggest defenders against civil (and criminal) discrimination! > > But we cannot have a society where one group or class of peoples have > "more" rights than the rest of us. > > I believe, (I think as you do) that a man and a man, or a woman and a > woman, should be able to have the same civil privileges as a man and a > woman do, who choose to marry. All individuals who go and obtain what is > currently called, "A Marriage License" are in truth and fact receiving a > civil union license. It was a misnomer to ever call it a "Marriage > License" because it's not really a marriage. The reason it was never > challenged, was because it was never an issue up until the last ten > years.....Thirty years ago, homosexuality was still classified as a mental > disease/deficiency..... > > Having said that, I could make a strong argument, that any governmental > entity who issues a "Marriage License" is in fact violating the 1st > Amendment......Marriage is a religious function, distinctive from a civil > union. > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:35 PM, plainolamerican > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > which Dark Side are you referring to? > > I enjoy both light and darkness. The world's not black or white. > > > On May 17, 2:05 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Geesh Plain Ol'? When did you cross over to the Dark Side? > > > > <Grin>! > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:04 PM, plainolamerican > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > so much for states rights. > > > > > On May 17, 12:25 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > But then there's those other 39 states which have either passed a > > > > > Constitutional Amendment, or provided by statue the prohibition > > against > > > > > modifying the definition of Marriage. > > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:21 PM, plainolamerican > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/minnesota-gay-marriage-legal. > > > > .. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > > > > > For options & help seehttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > > > > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > > > > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > > > "PoliticalForum" group. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send > > > > an > > > > > > email to [email protected]. > > > > > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > > > --- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "PoliticalForum" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > > > email to [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "PoliticalForum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
