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37529 Re: Re: Republicans join Democrats to advance same-sex ‘marriage’ bill
   Its okay to have a differing opinion. The people in Noah's days also... 		micro   6TH POPE   17 Nov 2022
 6:56 PM
37527 Re: Re: Republicans join Democrats to advance same-sex ‘marriage’ bill
   The church has every right to call it a marriage. It is the government... 		ctj1950   6TH POPE   17 Nov 2022
 6:21 PM

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Re: Republicans join Democrats to advance same-sex ‘marriage’ bill

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Thu, 17 Nov 22 5:15 PM
Msg. 37522 of 58654
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CTJ:

Re: “This is going to be very bad for the church and for private schools.”Here's a case where I suspect I disagree with most, possibly all, of the board's members.

I believe the legal benefits - and drawbacks - of marriage should all be conferred to Americans willing to form a contract with another American, and the sex of the participants should play no role. I say this despite my opinion that couples who are of the same gender make lousy parents since their children will not have appropriate exposure to both a female mother and a male father. (But this is also the case in single-parent households.) Therefore, my only objection to the new law is its use of the word "marriage." I consider marriage to be, first and foremost, a religious institution. Government nosed its way in long ago, and religions should never have stood for that. Once government got involved, it was only going to be a matter of time before government took it over... a time which is now upon us.

At this point, I think religions that oppose same-sex marriage should discontinue the use of the word "married" and replace it with "religiously unified," or "blessedly united," or "Lutheran sanctioned," or whatever. But not "marriage" since that's now a thing that queers do.


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