Trolling Ben

[Ben Kenobi]

My issue is very simple: I think "marriage" does have religious roots in today's societies, and the #1 reason Christian whackjobs are so opposed to it is they feel like legalizing it in government is an attack on Christianity. The solution is to have the government only give out "civil union" contracts to two individuals. Churches and marry or not marry whoever they wish. The point here is the government does not meddle with religious freedoms, nor does it inhibit personal freedoms of gay citizens. Everybody wins.

The problem is that Christians are not permitted to have their own faith. What about a church that says gay men cannot be priests? So far, the interpretation has been that the church is not permitted to defend her own teachings in dismissing gay men and women from their service. I don't believe it is too much to ask that a church insists that those who work for the church must publicly uphold church teachings.

Secondly, the experience has been up here that Christians are attacked for their affirmation of the traditional family. Gay people had full access to civil unions but that was considered 'not enough'. They won't be happy until everyone is equally poorly off.

I am hearing more and more from my Christian friends, that there is 'marriage' and 'matrimony', where one is the term for the civil contract, and the second for the sacrament. It's inevitable that this distinction will be raised more and more, and we will be right back where we started.

[Theben]

The problem with you liberals is that your just stupid and fail to actually think things through.

Irony

[MOBIUS]

I don't want to be a Spelling Nazi but...

That's not a real arguement either, Asher. Gay relationships can be abusive as well. Is that a valid reason to ban you from marrying your chosen mate?
Actually it does unless you'd like to take the government out of regulating contracts (which marriage is) altogether. Which would only create more problems than it solves IMO.The problem with you liberals is that your just stupid and fail to actually think things through.

FFS Dino, you've been on this forum almost ten years and you STILL spell 'argument' and 'you're' wrong...

Look, I don't take you seriously as it is, but you're positively retarded in my eyes when you're routinely guilty of such appallingly glaring spelling errors after being exposed so long to the correct spellings on a daily basis on these forums.

Just trying to help.

[MOBIUS]

PS: Someone who constantly spells argument as "arguement" really should not make comments like that.

I didn't get this far.

Sort your spelling out Dino - it makes you look more of an idiot than you already are...

[chequita guevara]

Why does it have to be called "marriage"? It's clearly different from heterosexual marriage. I don't have a problem with homosexuals being able to get "married", just call it something else.

I agree. I want a traditional marriage, like King Solomon had, one man and FOUR HUNDRED WIVES!

**** off and die pig.