02-21-2004, 12:23 AM
The Jays Wrote:1) Either disassocate all governmental benefits from getting married, then they can do whatever the fuck they want wherever they wantThe Sleeper Wrote:MY POINT IS THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SHOULDNT BE ABLE TO MARRY PEOPLE IN THE FIRST PLACE! JESUS!The government is who issues the marriage license.
There is a ceremony which occurs during a wedding.
That ceremony cannot take place in a Catholic Church if the two people are gay.
What if the two people want to have their ceremony in the church, because it is important to them for their wedding to occurs under the eyes of God, and as a part of the holy sacrament of marriage, which they believe in?
The government cannot tell the Catholic religion that the ceremony must occur in the church, because that would be infringing on the beliefs of the Catholic faith.
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2) Don't let marriage be a holy sacrament blah blah blah and keep it strictly govenmental
you can't have it both ways, or it is in violation of separation of church and state. you can loophole all you want, but it's still a violation
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