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re: Should govt. be completely out of the marriage/family business?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:29 am to boosiebadazz
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:29 am to boosiebadazz
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if the word 'marriage' is really that important to religious people.
It absolutely is. Take a poll of Americans. If you poll them on whether or not they support gay marriage, you get about a 50/50 split. If you poll them on civil unions, you get 75/25 in favor with the 25 opposing it because they believe there's too much of a capacity for fraud (see "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry"). This entire debate is over two things: benefits and semantics. The gay community wants the benefits, the religious community refuses to redefine a word. If the government just changed the "word" they use to refer to marriage so that the word "marriage" doesn't have to be redefined to include "a man and a man" or a "woman and a woman", you get a compromise that everyone can live with.
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:31 am to kingbob
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The gay community wants the benefits, the religious community refuses to redefine a word. If the government just changed the "word" they use to refer to marriage so that the word "marriage" doesn't have to be redefined to include "a man and a man" or a "woman and a woman", you get a compromise that everyone can live with.
If that is true then sign me the frick up and let's move on.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:34 am to kingbob
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If the government just changed the "word" they use to refer to marriage so that the word "marriage" doesn't have to be redefined to include "a man and a man" or a "woman and a woman", you get a compromise that everyone can live with.
Well that ship sailed in the 90's when the gay community pushed for civil unions(not marriage) and they were pushed back by a lot of the same people fighting them on gay marriage today.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:37 am to kingbob
Do straight people get married purely for the tax/legal benefits?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:42 am to kingbob
I have read that religion didn't create marriage. So if it was around without religion, then to me it isn't a religious thing. I do believe it is up to each religion wether to marry people or not based on that religions teachings and the government shouldn't have a say in that.
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