Oh Wise and Worldy Ledgies

carrie721 · #1 09-25-2007, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarah

IMO, all marriage should be scrapped. Go get your damn piece of paper and make it that. This church BS is for the birds. Separation of church and state plz.

right. if a couple wants to go to a church and have their union ~ordained by god~ that is one thing. but that shouldn't be recognized as a legal union.

**mylittledemon** · #2 09-25-2007, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

right. if a couple wants to go to a church and have their union ~ordained by god~ that is one thing. but that shouldn't be recognized as a legal union.

Why should it not be recognized by a legal union? If the officiant is a minister or no, they are still recognized by the state as someone who can legally marry.

carrie721 · #3 09-25-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Why should it not be recognized by a legal union? If the officiant is a minister or no, they are still recognized by the state as someone who can legally marry.

it's a religious ceremony. it should not be recognized by the government.

Sarah · #4 09-25-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

it's a religious ceremony. it should not be recognized by the government.

+1

Just because you "marry" your girlfriend in a church shouldn't make your relationship more important - in ANY way - than Carrie becoming "united" with her girlfriend at the courthouse.

That's not to say that someone shouldn't be allowed to have their ceremony in a church. But it's pigheaded for the church wedding people to act like their lives are the only ones that matter.

If you aren't gay and you don't want to get married to someone of the same sex, you have NO RIGHT to say that someone else shouldn't. Just don't do it! Woo! Freedom of religion is also freedom to not have a religion, and this "abomination in the eyes of God" doesn't mean **** to a lot of people, so it should have NO EFFECT, because the non-believers are still bound to all the same laws. Plus, what's up with discriminating against people because of who they LOVE anyway? Some argue that it will ruin our society. I say they are ruining our society.

**mylittledemon** · #5 09-25-2007, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

it's a religious ceremony. it should not be recognized by the government.

Officiants generally are public servants. It doesnt matter the type of ceremony. Officiants dont have to be minsters. Just because they marry someone in a church doesnt mean the union isnt legal...it could be in a backyard, in a bathroom, a courthouse, or a bordello. The private location of the wedding itself doesnt matter. Would you deny all those who marry the location of their choice? I doubt it. And I dont think I'd even be so bold in my Ledge-labeled effrontery.