RE: Freedom from religion
November 21, 2017 at 9:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2017 at 9:18 pm by Bow Before Zeus.)
(November 21, 2017 at 7:34 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(November 21, 2017 at 7:25 pm)Succubus Wrote: All marriages are civil marriages, there is no such thing as a sacramental marriage. Two people married by a priest are not married until they sign the papers, state papers. Other than that, I don't have the remotest idea what you're talking about.
Again, what objective essential feature distinguishes a marriage from any other relationship or social institution, like roommates, business partners, care-givers with power of attorney, and the like?
A marriage gives certain legal rights that even a de-facto relationship does not let alone "roommates, etc, etc". For example, if as a gay person your partner ends up in hospital, in an unresponsive state and a decision needs to be made to approve a certain surgical procedure, a de-facto partner does not have the legal right to make that decision but a married partner does. Gay couples just want the same legal rights that the rest of the community has.
(November 21, 2017 at 7:35 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: How old are you? It almost feels like I'm talking to yet another person suffering from chronic victim mentality.
We already have one of those.
Firstly, how can I have a "victim mentality" when I am not gay? Secondly, what has my age to do with it? Thirdly, why as an atheist are you so adamant about protecting the rights of religious institutions to discriminate?
