02-28-2004, 06:30 AM
Quote:I'm certainly not ready for my religion to promote this family structure as some kind of sacred ideal,
Nobody is suggesting that it should.
Quote:....and I'm not eager for the government to do so either.
The government should NOT be promoting ANYTHING as "sacred", except for the rights of individuals.
Quote:Yet I do disapprove, and so it could becomes a big deal if someone chooses to make it one by demanding approval. Trying to have a gay marriage at my church would obviously be such a case.
but don't you see? That by making an amendment defining marriage, the federal government is now telling your church what it can or can't do. Nico's wife's church was deciding whether they would marry them even tho they were legal candidates. Each church can have its own say whose marriage they perform. If man/woman marriage is sacred to your church, have your church defend it at its altar or its member rolls, but don't waste my government's time (I pay for it) enforcing your more limited eligibility requirements.
Get the government out of the "sacred" business. Get your grubby religion off of my government. B)
-V
(Rhetorical tone is directed at religious politics in general, not at Nystul or Nystul's particular religion, whatever it is.)