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Aloone_Jonez:
quote:Originally posted by flap:
Why not let them get married then?
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Because marriage is for heterosexual couples.
flap:
quote:Originally posted by Aloone:
Because marriage is for heterosexual couples.
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Why is that? If you agree with giving gay couples the practical, legal rights of a married couple, what are you objecting to? The ceremony itself?
Laukev7:
quote:Originally posted by Aloone:
Because marriage is for heterosexual couples.
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Whether a 'traditional' marriage should be allowed is up to the religious institution, not the state. If two consenting adults wish to engage in a secular marriage, then the state has no authority to refuse or discriminate. This is another example of separation of church and state.
[ September 02, 2004: Message edited by: Laukev7 / BOB ]
Aloone_Jonez:
Of course they could have a ceremony.
How could they have a bridesmaid/page boy? Would there be two, one for one partner and one for the other?
Would there be two stag/hen nights?
Who would adopt who's surname?
Gay marriage would mess all this up.
Laukev7:
That would be up to the gay community to decide. The government has no business discriminating who is allowed to marry with whom. Consenting homosexual couples who wish to unite should be allowed to marry. This should not even be open to vote.
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