JD, I'm intrigued by your post about waiting till the 24th. I guess the point would be the participation of the believing community, since no marriage is an island. But surely God is witness to the civil ceremony as well, and graciously honours it, whether he is invoked or not. It is not possible to banish spiritual realities by ignoring them. If people sleep with somebody else or split up after such a ceremony, it is real adultery and real divorce, because it was a real marriage. Would you agree?
Yes, of course ----------------- but I am one of those anti government types. After the murder of the president by whoever and the subsequent cover-up by the US Goevernment, I have no kind regard for the government. It is fully capable of all types of harm to those who exist within ------ at least this is true for our government.
To think that I need the permission of a politic that is clearly on a collision course with The Faith, is repulsive to me. Such is the case -- but nonetheless repulsive Couple this feeling with the realization that , had my divorce gone differently, I would have lost all contact with my children at the hand of the government ---------------- well, perhaps you see my ankst. This is why, several months ago, I took a pledge to leave off "government considerations and claims." I still listen to Rush -- but the second I start to feel resentment -- I go elsewhere. The fantasy that the Rebuplican Party is somehow different from the "progressives" is more than obvious to me (the "fantasy" is that of which I speak). The reason for the wedding of the 15th is the politic of it all -- I live under The Thumb but my citizenship is of Another. I love the principles that my country was founded on -- the songs we sing bring tears to my eyes and put fire in my belly -- for my country. But it is not of God (anymore) and I know this. Reading, studying, praying, sharing and limiting my emotional attention to things of the spirit are my only choices if I am to have peace -- and I do.
I continue to obey the rule of law -- but I do have much respect for it's separation from matters of faith. (I will never move to Montana and start chewin, spitten and shootin'. )
JD
