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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Jade - what you are failing to understand is that by your stance, you are denying a freedom to a group of people. We understand that your faith denounces the acts of homosexuality. The US is not, however, a Christian nation. We have a lot of Christians living in the US, that is a is true. [b]But there is [u]no[/u] state-sanctioned religion.[/b] As such, we cannot enact laws based on the dictates of a religion. It would be akin to the federal government making a law against consuming pork. Are there some laws which have counterparts in religous dogma? Yes. Does that make the law religious? No. Religion and government can run concurrently. They do not have to intertwine. The state does not require that churches recognize state marriages. No one is saying that the Catholic Church has to recognize a gay marriage as a marriage. You have the freedom to practice your beliefs, allow others the courtesy to practice theirs, whether you agree with it or not. Our society may not be quite ready for state-approved gay unions. That doesn't mean that day won't come. The issue has less to do with "traditional family structure" than you think, jade. Yes, there are homosexual couples that would like to raise children. But the issue is so much more than that. It is about two people having the same legal status and rights as a traditionally married couple. Mundane things like filing taxes jointly, being a beneficiary of insurance policies, receiving social security benefits, health-club memberships... Think of all the non-religious things you are involved in where you've had to answer if you're married or not - and the benefits derived from that marriage. [i]That[/i] is what the issue of gay marriage is about. The rights and responsibilities of two people vowing commitment to one another. Those who cry loudest, jade, have no deeper issues than simply desiring equal rights under the law. Loading...
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