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2004-11-04 08:54:11 ET
on the whole civil union thing...a marriage is a term for a religious acknowledgement, not the actual legal aspects..in that respect everyon has a civil union...that is why the government has no right to deal with marraige either way...seperation of church and state...it can't outlaw it, neither can it force it into being...the religious institutions must decide on their own...all that the government should be able to do is inforce the legality of a civil union...which is why so many gay couple get handfasted in a pagan ceremony, because it is a viable religious rite that spiritually validates their union....which is why all the hooplah involving the government, trying to make the government force religious institutions to recognize their unions(remember the whole civil unions aren't good enough slogans) they actually made it worse on themselves...now they have the whole country believing that they can make that descion to outlaw or accept marraiges, not civil unions...and they have lost rights in the bargain...which is why letting un or missinformed people head activist gatherings is a bad, bad thing... |
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