02-26-2004, 04:43 AM
Quote:Doc wrote:What reward are you suggesting, and who should be the provider of said reward?
Marriage, as it stands in the classical definition, should be a Covenant or contract. Hardcore. That "Till death do you part" bit should mean the whole freaking world to those that say it. And people that have the guts, the big brass balls, to enter into said agreement should reap some sort of reward, more so then just saying "We've been married for 50 years."
What is between private citizens and their church, their friends, their family, is all irrelevant with respect to what Bush is doing. He is aiming to write into federal law rules with respect to marriage. The only thing that matters, is how the government treats married couples, and whom it recognizes as married.
Why should government have a role in heterosexual marriage but bar homosexual marriages? To what government purpose does it serve, to bar same-sex marriages?