Scott Stewart wrote: > IMO: if you're against allowing a gay or straight couple to have the > same rights then it's bigotry.. > > Sam wrote: > >> Basically, marriage is a religious event and if you want to change >> something, change the name the government uses and leave the term >> marriage to the religion. Let everyone have the same rights and call >> it a civil union.
I'll just say, I think there is an underestimation on how many of the supporters of Prop 8 and other state's 'protect marriage' proposals hold just this bigoted opinion. These supporters are against homosexuality, period, and they would be just fine with it actually being outlawed if they could somehow swing that. They are going to fight tooth and nail to protect us from this ungodly behavior being condoned in this country in any form or shape. I'm fine with removing the word 'marriage' from the civil aspects of a union. I recognize this would be a very difficult thing to accomplish in light of the history and tradition of the use of that word both civilly and religiously. But, I think such a fight would more clearly define the true bigots who don't want to condone such a thing in any way from those who just want to protect their personal beliefs and local churches. And the former group would probably have a much harder time persuading a majority of a state's population. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
