(June 29, 2015 at 9:17 am)Drich Wrote: then you also have to strip the church of it place in the community, after all you have already blurred the lines between church and state when the state determines who can be apart of one of our most sacred covenants. (marriage)I didn't bother to check to see if anyone else replied to this, but here is my viewpoint on it:
I think you missed the point entirely when SCOTUS made its ruling last week. For starters, religion does not get to have a monopoly on marriage. Marriage, under the color of law is a Legal Binding Contract Between Two Consenting Adults. It is not in any way shape or form tied solely to any one religion. In fact, it does not have anything to do with religion whatsoever. Religion did not create the concept of marriage. Religion does not own the concept of marriage. To quote a friend of mine, with permission:
"Everyone is talking about the Supreme Courts decision about gay marriage. Gays are not trying to redefine the definition of marriage. We do not need the courts to say we are exactly the same as straight people. What we fought for and what was won yesterday was the ABILITY to stand up everywhere in this country and pledge our love to our partners in a LEGAL ceremony. What was won yesterday was a hospital NOT BEING ABLE to kick me out of an ICU that my wife is in because I am technically not her "FAMILY", what we fought for and won yesterday was the PROTECTION afforded to every straight marriage in this country. What was fought for and won yesterday was the RIGHT to leave our property and possessions to our LEGAL SPOUSE. It is not about redefining the word marriage, it is about EQUALITY for all people. It was not about going against GOD or throwing anything in the face of Christians anywhere. It is not about Gays against Christians, it is about LOVE and being able to profess that love and have that LOVE be RECOGNIZED by the people that make the RULES in this country. It is not a WHIMSICAL idea that we came up with just to piss off Christians in this country...this decision means that Gay men and women no longer have to be scared of what happens if their partners family don't like it that their sister is gay and decide they are going to keep them out of a hospital room, this decision means that the house that a gay couple buys together does not get fought over by a family that has had ZERO contact with their gay relative since they came out. I DO NOT NEED people to agree with my lifestyle, I need people to leave me alone to make my own decisions about MY LIFE and WHO I LOVE. All gay people want are the same rights that everyone has, those rights afforded to us all in the first words of our Constitution..."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ——"
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