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Originally posted by Jumperless@Mar 1st 2004 @ 3:55 PM
So, what do you think of gay marriages and Bush opposing them?
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I could be silly and say I don't understand what all the fuss is about. But I am not quite that deaf and blind. Quite.
I had a little discussion with a friend about this very subject this last Saturday. The gist of it was that I have not yet been offered any explanation, other than embarrassment, of how gay marriage materially affects a non-gay relationship or marriage.
My friend, who is religous if you look close enough, made an astounding observation that I kind of agree with. ALL marriages should become "civil unions" and only the church to which any couple is attached may refer to the union as a "marriage". It is not (in our opinions) the realm of the Government to decide what is and is not a marriage.
I find this as refreshing as the idea that in order to consider the flag a suitable representative image of this country, it must be constructed of a non-combustable material.
I consider a constitiutional ammendment to the effect of "defining marriage" an abomination. I usually retort "This doesn't go far enough - we have to define marriage as a union WHITE man and a WHITE woman!" (or Black, etc - take your pick! It works out the same!) - Let's see how many hackles THAT raises!
BTW: The next town north of me is in the news these days - New Paltz NY is performing marriages as well. More power to them. the funny thing is, a mayor of a near-by town who IS gay is rather against it - saying "now is not the time" - go figure.
Jack - Straight, but not Narrow.