I think the issue with some like Hatton is the word Marriage. They are conflating CIVIL marriage with HOLY matrimony. Civil marriage essentially is a contract signing bonding two people in a legal familial relationship (That is also the reason why you can't marry your sister etc - aside from the obvious, you're already in that sort of relationship). Holy matrimony is a RELIGIOUS ritual granting that belief system's acceptance of that relationship.
Personally I'd like to see the two completely divorced. You can get married without the Religious ceremony (without the dubious benefits of the ritual). You could also engage in Religious Matrimony without the legal marriage (although you get none of the contractual or other government benefits). On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:07 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:40 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:07 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Oh? >> > >> > Who? >> > >> >> I think I've said it in the past that while I have no doubt that two people >> of the same gender can have a loving relationship and should have the same >> rights & responsibilities of heterosexual couples and that should be >> codified as a civil union. I have a personal, emotional and religious >> problem with the concept of assigning the word "marriage" to that union. >> > > I see. I'm sorry to hear that. > > >> I've also said in the past that I know that it's a personal, emotional and >> religious issue and that debating emotions is an exercise in futility for >> all parties involved. >> > > While your impetus may be emotional or religious, the issue itself is > simply one of equality. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:369727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
