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Originally Posted by Kirobaito
"It does not affect your daily life very much if your neighbor marries a box turtle. But that does not mean it is right ... [N]ow you must raise your children up in a world where that union of man and box turtle is on the same legal footing as man and wife."
- Our "proud" U.S. Senator John Cornyn
It's generally a "moral" issue, yes. From what I understand, people consider marriage to be a holy institution (even though marriage is in cultures other than Judeo-Christian ones), and so to deviate from the Biblical norm is not appropriate. I say, fine, if that's what the people want (and that is, apparently, what the people want). I think that by far the best solution, then, is getting rid of all marriage licenses, and giving out solely civil union licenses that would be equal in both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships in the eyes of the law, which is the most important thing to me. If you wish to get married, then you can have that done in your own church in your respective religious tradition, but having it done there does not effect your legal status or standing in the eyes of the law.
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You may be surprised, but I actually agree with this stance.
Marriage is simply a term and somehow it is legal term that conflicts with religious beliefs.
I am as straight as the come and happily married to a great woman...we are getting ready to celebrate 18 years!!! together.
I have raised my kids up with the biblical understanding that homosexuality is a choice that people make and not something that is condoned...neither is a marriage. But again, that is a faith based issue, not a legal issue.
If the LAW states that two men can have a civil union together, who am I to argue...I don't have to like it, but as far as the LAW is concerned, I have very little objection. The only arguement I have is if schools preach tolerance of such a sin without also teaching for tolerance of faith based beliefs.
It's all a slipper sloap when we start going or governing religious activities and beliefs.
However I would ask, at what point do we draw the boundary? What is going to be the solid line that shall NEVER be crossed in this country?
We've gone from a strong heterosexual society with strong faith based morals, to a society that condones Homosexuality...in other similar societies we have seen this slide down to Pedafelia and Beastiality...is it going to become legal for adults to marry children, or people to marry animals?
Sure that seems outrageous today...but newsflash so did homosexuality not so long ago. Newsflash, Beastiality and adult/child sexual relationship is taking place in other nations...so much so that in some nations we are seeing children taken out of homes that have a mother and father. The perversion that is taking place is harsh and to ignore it is to condone it.
What is the standard that we will set as an American Society? Where is our responsibility to future generations? What do you tolerate, faith based morals or free open expression of sexuality morals?
There is no easy answer, but it is something that requires more thought than a simple sound bite regarding Adam and Steve.
So again, the Marriage issue is perhaps a moral issue, but it is one that has deeper consequences. As this is being pushed, perhaps some time of propositions that clearly defines what is condoned and sets boundaries so that there is NO Margin to allow this sloap to get any worse in the future, would be acceptable.