what's the difference? promotion is a lifestyle not everyone agrees with. gays have married in various churches for decades. why does the gubmint have to legalize/endorse it now?
2007-06-01 08:26:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Jenny84? you're another braindead ditz. no such thing as separation of church and state! commie propaganda! it's called the ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE! If CONGRESS DOES PASS A LAW ESTABLISHING A RELIGION THERE IS NO LAW!!!
commies love propaganda and hate Christians that founded this nation. A court, a school, a public park, or cemetary is NOT A LAW YOU PUTZ! THERE IS NO LAW ON THE BOOKS IT IS NOT A VIOLATION! YOU DIDN"T ANSWER THE QUESTION YOU DITZ!!!
2007-06-01 09:31:56 · update #1
KDJ i couldn't be more clear...endorse/legalize or ESTABLISH a religion is the same as doing it for gay marriage they are legalizing/giving LICENSE TO or ESTABLISHING A so called "accepted" lifestyle...get it honey buns?
2007-06-01 09:33:43 · update #2
Does anyone realize this group of people represent 2% of the country????? Why are we even discussing it????? They don't deserve special dispensation for anything,
2007-06-01 08:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by baby1 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is absolutely no connection between the two.
"Marriage" is a LEGAL procedure, not a religious one. When one applies for and receives a "license" from the government allowing "marriage", the only requirement is that the "marriage" be performed by someone who has been "licensed" by the government to perform "marriages". Judges, some County Clerks, ministers, some lawyers - and others have licenses permitting them to complete the legal contract by "marriage".
The only time a marriage is "religious" is when the couple decides they want a pastor or minister to perform the legal contract in the church with all of their particular bells and whistles. That is their CHOICE. Completing the contract of marriage in a church instead of in the judges chamber makes no difference. IT is the LEGALITY of the government license and the c ompletion of the contract.
The government doesn't "endorse" or "legalize" marriages. They merely refuse to issue a "license" to same-sex couples....thereby preventing their being able to legally complete a "marriage" contract.
2007-06-01 15:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
GOVERNMENT, yeesh, took me long enough to figure it out.
If you promote gay marriage, you have the choice to follow it or not.
If you endorse a religion, you have to follow it. We already have freedom of religion. Everyone has the right to follow their own religion. Not all rights are given to two people in love.
2007-06-01 15:31:47 · answer #3 · answered by leikevy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mariage is already something recognized and regulated by the state. The religious ceremonies of marriage are sepparate. You can get legally married without involving a religion /at all/.
2007-06-01 15:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Those are two very distinctly different issues.
I am not clear on what you mean by endorse/legalize religion?
Religion isn't illegal, and how doesn't the U.S. endorse religion when our very own Pledge of Allegiance and our currency speaks of God?
Also, why not now?
2007-06-01 15:36:35 · answer #5 · answered by KDJ_4 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The government already endorses religions by giving them a tax-free existence.
2007-06-01 15:29:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The government should not go about changing the legal definition of marriage just to appease certain interest groups.
What next? Polygamists lobbying to have a 2nd wife legally?
It's a slippery slope we would be best to avoid entirely.
2007-06-01 15:30:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
What is this gubmint you speak of?
This country was FOUNDED to create a seperation of church and state.
2007-06-01 15:31:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋