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To: dayglored
Don't blame the FReeper. The town clerk shouldn't even be issuing a stupid license from the Gov't. This was always gonna happen when an amoral body like Gov't replaces the role of Religion.
23 posted on 06/30/2011 9:21:55 PM PDT by Palter (Celebrate diversity .22, .223, .25, 9mm, .32 .357, 10mm, .44, .45, .500)
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To: Palter
This was always gonna happen when an amoral body like Gov't replaces the role of Religion.

So you would be perfectly fine recognizing a homo-"marriage" performed by a homo "church?"

26 posted on 06/30/2011 9:25:28 PM PDT by fwdude (Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
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To: Palter
> The town clerk shouldn't even be issuing a stupid license from the Gov't. This was always gonna happen when an amoral body like Gov't replaces the role of Religion.

Well, overall I agree that the government has little or no business approving or disapproving or otherwise messing around with people's marriages.

But there is an argument in favor of such action, which stems from the presumed role of the government in regulating society, in this case providing encouragement or support to traditional (heterosexual, child-producing) marriages. This is of course because the continuation of our society requires it.

In general I don't like the government regulating private activity that doesn't interfere with normal functioning of society. I would be much happier overall if government simply was not in the marriage business at all. Marriage is the business of a religion, IMO. And that includes the Atheists as well -- if they wish to marry, great, have a party, whatever.

Unfortunately, from what I have observed, homosexual "marriages" are not very good at helping society continue smoothly. They are more prone to nasty breakups and infidelities than heterosexual marriages. And at the root, they cannot, by definition, produce children. Any children in a homosexual marriage necessarily came from a heterosexual relationship.

I feel great sadness for any child caught up in a nasty divorce. I can't imagine the awful confusion that would result from the additional burden of not being able to tell one unhappy parent from the other. Where are the role models, in such a mess??

34 posted on 06/30/2011 9:39:30 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Palter
Don't blame the FReeper. The town clerk shouldn't even be issuing a stupid license from the Gov't. This was always gonna happen when an amoral body like Gov't replaces the role of Religion.

Besides whatever religious connotations the institution of marriage has for you, there's no denying that it is also a LEGAL institution, which requires official recognition and sanction from the government if it is to be protected.

Regards,

37 posted on 06/30/2011 9:39:49 PM PDT by alexander_busek
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