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The "State" part of "Separation of Church and State" doesn't just refer to politics/running for office, but laws as well.
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Separation of Church and State doesn't prevent someone from ever running for office, or prevent a religion from having political weight. There are two sections of Separation: establishment and free exercise. The former says, "the Establishment Clause was intended to prohibit the federal government from declaring and financially supporting a national religion." So, the government can't say "we're a Christian country." The other says that the state cannot prevent someone from exercising his religion. Nothing about running for office. --Guido http://andy.mikee385.com |
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I agree with what you are saying for the most part but the thing here isn't simply seperation between church and state...if christians are in office that ok. But if they allow there relgiousness biast to interfear there is a problem. Most people also like to use religion to get into office and may not follow a single word they said. Morally speaking? Gays should get married cause it's there choice not ours. Maybe we should let a guy marry 5 people. Why not? It's his choice. People are going to do what they are going to do no matter what anyone says. I agree with moral issues and such as that but the point is: Getting married should be about the union of two people in love...isn't that what it's all about anyways?
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The other thing marriage implies is an economic status. As someone mentioned, tax breaks are involved. Family health care. Things like this. Many people are against gay marriage simply for the fact that a gay couple cannot have a child of their own, so the economic status is marred slightly. In my opinion, this argument is completely debunked by the amount of children who are in need of adoption. I truly believe more people should adopt far before thinking of having their own children... there are so many children out there with no parents, it's quite horrible. Now, this economic status ESPECIALLY applies to the plural marriages Laharl brought up. Many corporations have healthcare policies that include not only the worker, but his/her spouse and children. If plural marriage were allowed, you could marry six people, and the corporation would be responsible for providing healthcare to all of them. It... would be a mess. There would be no fair way to come out of that situation. That's the main reason plural marriage isn't allowed, as far as I can tell.
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Well, consider this: same-sex partners aren't allowed into the ICU of hospitals even if their loved one is sick and dying because they aren't immediate family.
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Perfect reason to be against gay marriage.
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i dont know what you're talking about.
gay people have the same opportunity to get married to people of the opposite sex as straight people do.
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Heh.
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yeah just finished reading thread chardish right on.
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What exactly was the court ruling on this? I'm quite confused. How would gay marriage be considered unconstitutional? Under what amendment? I mean, of course I'm going to be biased in this argument because I am a homosexual myself but I see nothing wrong with gay marriage. Marriage IS an expression of love. Marriage is also a symbol of status. I mean, being discriminatory against homosexuals is ludicrous because in essence, the only difference between heterosexuals and homosexuals is that one prefers honey to jam. That is all. Just because homosexuals can not have kids does not mean they should be made second class citizens because that is imoral and just a ignorant way of thinking. If the government is deeming this unconstitutional, it clearly is having Christian influence because I'm not aware of any other major religion that deems homosexuality as a sin a marriage as a union between a man and a woman only. All I have to say is, I'm glad I'm in California then eh?
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neither ignorance nor intolerance.
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As I said before, only the southern part of our state is retarded.
Seriously. Look who voted for and against that amendment. The people who actually know how to read saw that it's incredibly open-ended and needed revising voted against the amendment. The southerners who sit outside with their confederate flags flying, shotgun on one side and dog on the other are the ones who voted for the amendment. |
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I have a really freaking hard time believing how so many people are against gay marriage. I really don't understand their platform at all.
Religion, okay, what if we don't touch your religion then? What if something was created that is EXACTLY like marriage in every way only with all religious aspects extracted? Are people still against that? Sorry if I sound more contrary than usual, but this particular issue really boggles my mind. Maybe I give the human race too much credit.
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I never really understood the platform against gay marriage either, and I'm usually one to consider both sides of any debate. Even from the standpoint of being completely selfish, what does one have to lose if a completely distant, gay couple gets married. Regardless of the fact that I'm from California, I really don't understand what the big deal is.
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its cause there isnt one, its purely religious influence, stating that marriage is between a man and a woman only, and thats basically their only argument against it, how on earth that argument held up against the incredible spectrum of reasons why gay marriage SHOULD be legal is beyond me.
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The opposition to gay marriage is
A) Basing it of religion, therefore the argument is nullified completely due to seperation of church and state. (This is true, all of the "protection" of marriage associations are religiously funded. All of the anti-gay marriage bills are backed by religious organizations.) Also, they need to shut up and realize that they shouldn't be dictating their own religious morality on people who don't believe in it. B) Basing it on the "eww gay sex" factor. In that case they need to grow up and accept the fact that people are different. Fact is that gay marriage is constitutional. Equal rights for everyone regardless. |
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