why? We are not talking about the religious ritual. That is a strawman argument. We are discussing the CIVIL marriage ceremony.
Get the difference Civil - public vs Religious - private. cue Sam bringing up Incest, Bestiality and Polygamy as slippery slope arguments next. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:369737 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
