Religious Leaders Assail Amendment on Gay Marriage

2004-06-04 Thread Gary Denton
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, NYT complete story Officials of several religious organizations, including the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopal churches, sent an open letter to Congress yesterday opposing the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Although we have differing

Re: Religious Leaders Assail Amendment on Gay Marriage

2004-06-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Jun 2004, at 9:39 am, Gary Denton wrote: Gary D - Why is the state in the religion business of defining marriage? Because it has been hijacked by religious bigots? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Our

Re: Religious Leaders Assail Amendment on Gay Marriage

2004-06-04 Thread The Fool
-- From: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary D - Why is the state in the religion business of defining marriage? You haven't been paying attention. The Entire congressional leadership of the reptiliKlans are christian reconstructionists (aka dominionists). --- Religious bondage

Re: Religious Leaders Assail Amendment on Gay Marriage

2004-06-04 Thread Nick Arnett
William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Jun 2004, at 9:39 am, Gary Denton wrote: Gary D - Why is the state in the religion business of defining marriage? Because it has been hijacked by religious bigots? Marriage did not originate in the church, the church hijacked marriage from the state a long time ago.