Posted by rskontos on November 12, 2008, at 18:32:52
In reply to Re: Keith Olberman on Prop 8 » rayww, posted by fayeroe on November 12, 2008, at 17:24:45
I have to say that I believe in the Bible, but I also have my own thoughts. And I have to say I honestly don't think that gays marrying have anything to do with my own marriage. But then I am and always have been an individualist. I am not gay and never have been. I have had many friends over the years that were/are gay.
I always thought gays marrying was also about them having the same rights as other citizens have, health care, being able to be included in decisions if their mate gets sick, etc. I am not trying to reduce this to simple terms but expand on the reasons I thought it was important.
I also think to take away a right that has been given after so many years is just plain wrong. To say to a couple that has been married, oh now you are not married anymore is just wrong too.
We live in a country that rights are rights. Once a law is a law, or a right like marriage is , I don't think it is right to allow political groups the ability to push referendums through to alienate those rights because they don't agree with them. This should have been argued more effectively prior to the enactment of allowing gay couples to wed. Now that it has been done, it should be consider the law of the land, the end.
Let God in Heaven decide now. Man is not judge and jury on Earth. If you feel so strongly about the issue of marriage being stolen leave it in God's hands, since the laws took it out of yours instead of trying to keep pushing the issue.
Because now the mess is even bigger. Too many people are hurt and rightly so.
rsk
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