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Wed Nov-05-08 10:27 AM
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| If civil unions are truly the same as marriage, I challenge all Californians who voted Yes on 8 to |
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Edited on Wed Nov-05-08 10:27 AM by bob_weaver
annul their marriage and replace it with a civil union. (Though I'm sure nobody on this site would have voted Yes in their right mind.)
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| October
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Wed Nov-05-08 10:29 AM
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| 1. The religious part of marriage isn't what makes it legal |
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Only religions (Catholic) annul marriage so you can remarry in their church. But in the eyes of the law, you were still married.
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| bluedawg12
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Wed Nov-05-08 10:39 AM
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| 2. The California law was about marriage rights |
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that's what was squashed.
Gays have been able to have private marriage ceremonies with clergy for a long time.
The fight was over the legal status of gay marriage. The rights and benefits which are hard to cobble together under a patchwork of civil unions that vary from State to State.
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| qb
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Wed Nov-05-08 11:19 AM
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| 3. Since marriage is so entangled in religion the government should cease issuing licenses. |
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Civil unions for all (gay & straight). Those who wish to get married can find a church.
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