Comments on: Why Homosexual Couples Shouldn’t be Married. http://sproif.com/2007/09/12/why-homosexual-couples-shouldnt-be-married/ Everything you never wanted to read about... and less! Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:32:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://sproif.com/2007/09/12/why-homosexual-couples-shouldnt-be-married/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:07:09 +0000 http://sproif.com/?p=6#comment-3 We're saying the same thing using different words. I agree that gay people should be married. The point I'm trying to make (and did so at 4am today) is that the only group that is allowed to have a problem with it is the church, not the government. Even still, that "problem" isn't right from a human rights standpoint, but I consider the church to be a private club where you have to follow the rules to be in it, but the government applies to everyone living under it, and it should act as such, without the church-bias. And, also like i said, the term civil unions does have a bad stigma. I'm definitely advocating a term for "marriage" under the government that differentiates it from the sacrament to keep the church from getting involved. We’re saying the same thing using different words. I agree that gay people should be married. The point I’m trying to make (and did so at 4am today) is that the only group that is allowed to have a problem with it is the church, not the government. Even still, that “problem” isn’t right from a human rights standpoint, but I consider the church to be a private club where you have to follow the rules to be in it, but the government applies to everyone living under it, and it should act as such, without the church-bias.

And, also like i said, the term civil unions does have a bad stigma. I’m definitely advocating a term for “marriage” under the government that differentiates it from the sacrament to keep the church from getting involved.

]]> By: Becky http://sproif.com/2007/09/12/why-homosexual-couples-shouldnt-be-married/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Becky Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:58:00 +0000 http://sproif.com/?p=6#comment-2 Interesting point of view. I can see you trying to reconcile different aspects of your personality (Marriage, religious views as were taught to you as a child and what you grew up as thinking "right" with, perhaps, somewhat differing views of the same types of ideas as an adult). I think a lot of people have this problem. As for civil unions - *cough* separate but equal? *cough* Didn't we already <a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/1-segregated/separate-but-equal.html" rel="nofollow">go there?</a> Yea, that worked out REAL well... It's an emotionally charged issue - but really - letting gay people get married isn't hurting anyone. Will having more than one child make you love them all a little bit less each time? Interesting point of view. I can see you trying to reconcile different aspects of your personality (Marriage, religious views as were taught to you as a child and what you grew up as thinking “right” with, perhaps, somewhat differing views of the same types of ideas as an adult). I think a lot of people have this problem.

As for civil unions – *cough* separate but equal? *cough* Didn’t we already go there? Yea, that worked out REAL well…

It’s an emotionally charged issue – but really – letting gay people get married isn’t hurting anyone. Will having more than one child make you love them all a little bit less each time?

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