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To: TArcher
Well, you missed my whole point my omitting the first half of my sentence:

"Let's face it: IF marriage is about celebrating a relationship of mutual satisfaction and love between adults, there's no reason why it would have to be a man and a woman."

The corollary is that marriage is not just about "celebrating a relationship". It's about creating a family via procreation.

21 posted on 04/23/2013 5:00:00 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Save us from the fires of hell; lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

>>It’s about creating a family via procreation.

It’s about the reproductive fitness and survival of a society.

No “sacred” plumage or bee-hive hats required.


22 posted on 04/23/2013 5:14:45 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Well, that reminds me — did you ever figure out the relationship between those eunuchs peddling indulgences upon the temple steps and the (police)state-establishment thereof?

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=indulgences+site:www.lcms.org


23 posted on 04/23/2013 5:35:07 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

>>The corollary is

In Canada - where clergy are imprisoned as result of their failure to articulate a natural rejection of homosexual behavior in non-religious terms?

Queen takes Bishop.

Oops!


24 posted on 04/23/2013 6:43:37 AM PDT by TArcher ("TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men" -- Does that still work?)
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