tmurray said...
But, marriage is not just a word that should be thrown around. It is a covenant with god between a man and a woman. It is bad enough that society has degraded marriage. But even worse that gay people want to label their union as 'marriage'.
Ok - cool, lets make "marriage" a special state between a man and a woman, but only those approved of by "god" (so atheists and those who can't actually prove their church attendance and Christian leanings should be excluded)
And while we're at lets also go along the lines of "a marriage is for the purposes of producing children" so all marriages that don't produce offspring within say 2 years should be annulled
Can you imagine if we start telling everyone who doesn't have children or show active belief in God that their marriages are not quite the same as those of good christian child producing marriages and should now be referred to as "civil unions" - just as good as marriage, just different!!
tmurray, you're tongue-in-cheek, right?? You have to be, right??!! OMFG...no pun intended.
There's lots of 'good' Christians out there who lead great lives and never go to church services; there's lots of 'bad' Christians out there who lead ******, maleficent lives attending services on a regular basis.
And what about the other religions????
And what about the people who have a Higher Power but don't give He/She/It a name and don't belong to, what essentially is an elitist, exclusive community that pours money into building places of worship and lining the coffers, and and and. I went to a Christian service recently...you know how many times the plate got passed around....4!!!!!!!
I like to think that my Higher Power is not judgmental or the old style fire and brimstone God. I choose that name because it's simple and I need to keep things fairly simple in my complicated life. If you want, I'll call my HP Goddess/Doggess/Dog/Wind/Water/My Boat??!!
My point is that the God I know is all-loving, all-powerful, all-nurturing, and all-accepting. This God supports a loving union of any description between any consenting adults...what we call it is arguing semantics.
FFS, why can't we just let people be?? It doesn't matter whether they're gay by nature or nurture...they are what they are. A little bit of empathy here may be in order!!! It's a hard slog dealing with common, bottom of the garden sexuality, let alone having to live in a skin which does not conform to what "should" be in our heterosexually dominant society. They are our fellow human beings and should be accorded the same privileges and rights as us Norms....There's no skin off my nose by guys or girls wanting to marry another of the same gender. For me personally, the 'sacred institution of marriage'....and of course, this is purely from a going through ****e divorce at this very moment perspective....is highly romanticised and overrated BUT it should be an option for all consenting adults not just some.
Soooo getting ready for the flack hehehe.........what else to do on a drizzly Sunday afternoon with the wind howling and the boat shaking. Study and lively debate...gotta love it