When you speak of religious community what are you talking about? Are you talking only about people that worship the God of Abraham, or are you talking about everybody? There are religions in this country that will and do perform marriages of same sex individuals all the time. While they are not state sanctioned, they are married in the eyes of their god, and each other.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Yves Arsenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Gay Marriage( Was: Re: Activist Judges) > > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148257 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
