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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 02:57 AM Original message |
A Resolution of the Gay Marriage Issue |
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goletian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. ive yet to find any evidence that marriage is inherently religious. why should the church have it? |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. social peace |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Tell that to women when they wanted to vote... |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I remember reading that pagans started marriage thing first |
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goletian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. religious folks invented marriage just like they invented morals, lol. nonsense. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. Give civil unions the same legal benefits as marriage. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Writing songs about civil unions is too hard. Let the church have "holy matrimony." |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I take your point. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. No, my point, though made as an attempt at humor, is that marriage should be the word for |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So churches that are willing to marry gays.... |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Churches don't have to recognize other Church's marriages. |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No, you wouldn't.... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. As I understand it, because my marriage was essentially a civil one |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. I'm an atheist... |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Bah... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Point is, each church can choose for whom to use it. They don't HAVE to use it for anyone, nor do |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Soooooooo......does that mean that the secular world can have.... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. "This way everybody gets what they want." I think you mistake what the fascists |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. There are many inclusive Churches that would step up and offer "marriage" to LGBT citizens |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Future tense not correct |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. You are of course correct, and well said to boot |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I hope I was kind! |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. So some religious organizations took a word and decided... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Why can't black people be happy? They have their own restrooms!" |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Of course there are problems. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. NO. Not the "same" thing at all... |
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