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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
That is true. But pedophilia, rape, and murder are crimes against another unwilling participant. Homosexuality is not. To compare the two is ridiculous.
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** the analogy is that it can't be helped due to birth
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Look at the history of marriage in this country. Women had no rights in the early times. They weren't allowed to divorce and men could beat their asses to a pulp with no punishment. A husband could rape his wife at any hour of the day. A black person was not allowed to marry a white person. Do you want to go back to that? I mean that is the "age old institution" you talk about. Were women and minorities "perverting" marriage to suit their needs?
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you mean like modern islam?
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How is that attacking their faith? They are free to continue to get married in churches, have their ceremonies, and do whatever they want. No one is taking that away from them. We are talking about legal marriage by the government, not a ceremony a church has. Seperation of church and state, remember? The church should have absolutely nothing to do with a government document that gives individuals certain classifications.
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christians are very frightened people on several levels. calling the ceremony a 'marriage' certainly implies a religious connection. that is very scary to certain segmnets of the population.
this is why I say why not just call them something else and give them all the rights due to a couple in the eyes of the law. a very simple solution.
I doubt if most people would even know what was going on however as soon as you say MARRIAGE the heat is on