Reply to a PM I received from Antifederalist
Since when does marriage bind people for life ? Are divorces also banned in the US ? Actually, I though the US had the higher divorce rate in the world.
Don't civil union act the same way as marriage for tax rebates ? Anyway, is it better to have a gay and a lesbian getting married for a tax rebate, while having sex with somebody else ?
In Europe there is no legal difference between having a child while being married or not being married.
How could it be a sin when people are born like that ?
Please read this post of mine in this thread
But marriage on paper and the wedding ceremony at the church are completely different things. If the government bans gay marriage that will only be on paper, refraining them from having benfits. However, they CAN still marry at a church if that church accepts gay marriages (and some do). The goverment has no power to change the rules of religious organizations. Which is why I don't understand why American people want to block gays from social benefits by voting for Bush, knowing they can still get a religious marriage.
Antifederalist said:Right now, marriage is between man and woman either by law and/or value system. By allowing gay people to claim life partners and call it marriage is what people are against.
Since when does marriage bind people for life ? Are divorces also banned in the US ? Actually, I though the US had the higher divorce rate in the world.
This wouldn't be an issue of state if gov't hadn't decided to use marriage as a basis to tax us on.
Don't civil union act the same way as marriage for tax rebates ? Anyway, is it better to have a gay and a lesbian getting married for a tax rebate, while having sex with somebody else ?
After all, to most Americans, marriage is the union of man and woman before God (where man and woman become one flesh--this really shows when a man and woman have sex there's a really good chance a baby will come about, making the concept of one flesh tangible)--not Uncle Sam.
In Europe there is no legal difference between having a child while being married or not being married.
To me, I think homosexuality is immoral and is a sin.
How could it be a sin when people are born like that ?
Please read this post of mine in this thread
I have no problems with civil unions and gays couples receiving the benefits that a married couple gets (to be able to claim the "spouse" as dependent, etc.) but for religious purposes, I do not want it called marriage.
But marriage on paper and the wedding ceremony at the church are completely different things. If the government bans gay marriage that will only be on paper, refraining them from having benfits. However, they CAN still marry at a church if that church accepts gay marriages (and some do). The goverment has no power to change the rules of religious organizations. Which is why I don't understand why American people want to block gays from social benefits by voting for Bush, knowing they can still get a religious marriage.