Basically.... The problem lies with this definition is.
1. That the "religious" community, and others also, do have the biological aspect in mind when thinking about marriage. 2. That the gay community do not have that aspect in mind when wanting to get married. They want to "be" with the other person. (And quite possibly adopt children, in certain cases) You almost can't ask who is right, because the 2 sides are really talking about 2 different things. That's why I can't see it as equal. The issue is blurred with confusion. (IMO) I'm not sure what the answer is, but traditionally, marriage has meant something with the biological element entrenched in it. State defined it another way. Governement should probably concentrate more on creating jobs than this debate. (another 2 cents) Yves On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:40:58 -0400, Yves Arsenault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reading quickly through your comment, I believe I agree with you. > > Yves > > > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:33:30 -0800, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And, personally, I don't believe State should mess with: > > 1. Marriage > > 2. People's bedrooms. > > > > And I think that is the sensible solution most moderates should be able to > > agree on. Seperate the STATE aspect from the RELIGIOUS aspect. The State > > defines a "union" that confers the state benifits of taxes, inhertance, > > power of attorny and all that, regardless of gender of the members. > > Religions can define their defination of "marriage." A couple can then > > seek the recognition of one and/or the other of these insitutions as they > > see fit. > > > > Ian > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148246 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
