It all goes back to "Separate but Equal" does not work. We tried that once before. Ask blacks how well that worked for them... Marriage has been around in one form or another since before recorded history. There may have been different words but it all meant the same thing and that including the union of same sex couples.
Eric Roberts Owner/Developer Three Ravens Consulting [email protected] http://www.threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-881-1515 -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:59 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Chick-fil-A southern bully par excellence The root of this whole issue is that the same word 'marriage' is used by 2 different entities to describe 2 different things. Most religious institutions use the word to describe a religious rite or ceremony. The government uses the word to describe a civil 'contract' between adults. My issue is that people in religious institutions are trying to push their definition of 'marriage' on to the government. By telling 2 people they cannot enter into a contract solely based on their sexual orientation is, without a doubt, discriminatory. To me, it is akin to telling a gay man he cannot sign a lease for no other reason than the fact that he is gay. Personally, I think the government should get out of the marriage business. What we now know as 'marriage' in the eyes of the government would simply be called something different. People who want to get married would do so in a church, temple, etc. But if they want that 'union' to be recognized by the government, they need to follow an additional procedures or file different paperwork. Right now, in a Catholic church for example, when a couple gets married, the priest performs the religious ceremony AND the civil 'paperwork', under my suggestion, they would be separated to avoid any confusion. Any adults who enter into this new 'civil contract' would be eligible for the same benefits from the federal government as 'married' people do now. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Remember we were talking about marriage, not history in general? > > . > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That is a fact. There were pagan faiths long before Judaism was around. >> Babylonian, Sumerian, Chinese, Arabic, not to mention all of the >> pagan faiths of the African tribes were aroundlong before Judaism. >> Judaism sprung out of Canaanite Paganism. That is a matter of fact, not an opinion. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353281 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
