Posted by rayww on February 23, 2005, at 0:34:09
In reply to Re: Political wrest » rayww, posted by AuntieMel on February 22, 2005, at 10:53:28
Either we aren't visualizing the outcomes or we are wearing the wrong glasses.
If gay marriage was legalized would they wait until marriage to explore the sexual side of the relationship? We are messing with the definitions. I always thought sex outside of legal marriage was fornication or adultry, commonly defined as "sin" by the Bible.
I would not deny religious belief or freedom to anyone. I hope you don't think I condemn fornicators or any other sinner. I believe in gay rights as people. I believe in love. But if the law tries to tell a Mormon bishop that he has to perform a marriage, or that a gay couple must be allowed to marry in the temple if they are living the moral code, just how is that going to happen? I mean, Hello. Does the Bishop then adopt the label of bigot and become the guilty, prosecutable for denial of that freedom?
Why can't we call gay union something beside marriage? There is nothing wrong with giving gay couples certain rights, but why call it marriage? The term marriage has been taken and is sacred, or should be. Has been for billions of years on every other earth.
I am concerned that Canada is no longer considered a Christian nation. Canada hasn't learned that you can't give all the rights to everyone and not infringe on someone's.
AuntieMel, you are a respected writer on this board and what you write makes sense. Would you label me a bigot for standing up for my beliefs? http://www.zionsbest.com/proclaim.html
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