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To: decimon
Term heterosexual marriage as matrimony (or some such) to maintain distinctions.

You'll get no fight from me. I hate that kind of thing :0)

I definitely believe in a distinction between a union based on procreation and one simply based on love. I would call one "marriage" and the other "civil union" but I'd be open to Marriage vs. Matrimony or whatever.

At the risk of flame wars (in which I will not participate) I can see nothing in the Constitution that should bar gays from Constitutional rights. But that would be called a "civil union."

"Marriage" is a religious sacrament. If gays can find a church to sanction their marriage, fine. But the government has no right whatsoever to redefine the ages old definition of "marriage." None whatsoever.

19 posted on 05/12/2009 6:02:07 AM PDT by paulycy (BEWARE the LIBERAL/MEDIA Complex)
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To: paulycy
"Marriage" is a religious sacrament. If gays can find a church to sanction their marriage, fine. But the government has no right whatsoever to redefine the ages old definition of "marriage." None whatsoever.

I hold to the libertarian position of getting government out of the marriage business. I think that's where the problems begin.

20 posted on 05/12/2009 6:07:00 AM PDT by decimon
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