The Wedding Crashers: Local Churches Protest Same-Sex Wedding Ban

citypages.com ^ | 11/21/07 | Jeff Severns Guntzel

[Froufrou]

WTF ping...

[stevio]

Anita Hill changed professions I see.

[ladtx]

....such a small inconvenience compared to what same-sex couples experience,"

gag - cacckk-cacck!

[massgopguy]

Marriage isn’t supposed to be a business.

[CitizenUSA]

“Ultimately, the three churches that passed the ban decided against making any concessions. “Seventy-five dollars for a judge and 30 minutes plus parking is such a small inconvenience compared to what same-sex couples experience,” says Lyndale’s Portwood.”

Nothing compared to what unrepentant same-sex couples will experience later on...

[theworkersarefew]

Marriage between one man and one woman is the cornerstone of American society.

Marriage is ordained by God, confirmed by law, and is the glue of the American family.

It is sad that the very institution, the church, that should be at the forefront of this cultural battle in defending marriage, is the very one that is advocating for the destruction of it.

I have faith in the American people that they understand and appreciate dearly the blessings of marriage and how strong marriages create strong families and strong families create a strong America.

[Froufrou]

Although Hill was a career employee (Schedule A) and therefore had the option of remaining at the Department of Education, she testified that she followed Thomas because, "[t]he work, itself, was interesting, and at that time, it appeared that the sexual overtures . . . had ended." [wikipedia]

I guess marriage IS a business for the clergy!

[trisham]

Oy vey.

[GovernmentShrinker]

ALL churches and other religious groups should stop following orders from the government about marriage. They wouldn’t take orders from the government regarding any other religious ritual or recognition, so why this one? If a church doesn’t believe in divorce, it doesn’t recognize them just because the government declares a church member divorced. If you want to get married in the Catholic Church, the Church requires you to get permission from the government first in the form of a license. But if you later get a government-issued divorce, the Church doesn’t recognize it. How much sense does this make?

[Arrowhead1952]

This article really needs a BARF alert after the title. SICKOs on parade.

[Froufrou]

All of you: so eloquently spoken!

[Biblebelter]

This is an interesting article. The word Christian is NEVER used in the article. The word Christ appears twice because it happens to be in the name of church. Obviously, secular humanism has taken over a lot of territory in this post modern era.

[OSHA]

We're not in the wedding business; we're in the blessing business."

BUZZZZZ Sorry wrong answer.

You are not in either business. God is.

[Shimmer]

[trisham]

Awwwwww. That’s so cute.

[crghill]

It is sad that the very institution, the church, that should be at the forefront of this cultural battle in defending marriage, is the very one that is advocating for the destruction of it.

Just because the sign out front says "church" doesn't mean it it one.

[madprof98]

But McGowan, a straight man, nonetheless saw a subtle form of discrimination. If the church couldn't legally marry gay couples, he argued, it shouldn't marry straight ones either.

This is what we have gotten out of years of "sensitivity" training and "diversity" education.

[massgopguy]

Hey McGowan, men can’t have babies. Deal with that.

[Tired of Taxes]

None of the 50 or so people present in the basement that Sunday stood up to contradict McGowan's proposition.

Translation: No one wanted to be labeled a "bigot" by the rest of the congregation.

I did stand up against it at a church, btw, and that's what happened to me.

On the other hand, maybe every single member of this congregation is as loopy as the guy who made the proposition.