So once same-sex marriage becomes the law of the land can't gays force Churches to marry them or face discrimination lawsuits?
. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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). > al 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. > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:369728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
