Nowadays, there are times when I can't tell that much >difference between the religious right and the Islamic extremists. > >At a time when you'd think the general public would look at Islamic >governments and say "Whoa, they have too much religion in their >government", it seems we're trying to do the same thing but with a >different religion. Seriously, in the middle of a "war", why did we >have this big deal about gay marriage. Was it that serious of a >problem?
Not really, when you put it up against the fact that we're in the middle of a war and winning that war should be our priority. But this is an issue that strikes deeply at the question of the morality of our society. The idea of giving gays full rights in marriage means that we are accepting the idea of the gay life as just another "lifestyle" and making that acceptance official. This trickles down. To religious people (such as myself), a gay lifestyle is a tremendous sin. Making a gay marriage legal basically gives public approval to the idea of being gay. You can't expect to try to push that through and not have religious people oppose it. On the other hand, I don't think you'll find religious Christians in this country protesting such a motion by blowing up a pizza parlor or a subway station. That's where you have the difference, Marlon. Judith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:167767 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
