I don't see why there's any argument at all on this topic. Religion has nothing to do with marriage. Repeat after me: LEGAL CONTRACT.
It has nothing to do with love or religion. It's a legal contract that allows you to sign prenuptials! It helps protect the property of both parties involved in the legal contract including children. Children aren't required to be married (understand that gay bashers)
I say let them do it. They can have all the messy tax forms and dirty divorces like the rest of us.
I can't wait for the Divorce Court episode where the one gay man is suing his ex-husband for the Venetian blinds. That will be a great day for television.
heh yea ... i want to see divorce court with two big flamers lol i think that would be funny ... but yay us gays finally starting to get somewhere kinda ... lol
Well Winnow, sorry to disappoint you but when I got married it was in a house of the Lord and I said my vows in his presence and I meant every word that I said. It was not a legal contract for a divorce.
The little paper that had to be signed for the State doesn't mean squat compaired to what I said in my wedding ceremony.
hehe and for the State what you said in church means equally squat, it's the little paper you signed for them that matters
I think the point is that if the state pretty much doesn't see marriage past the legal paper the two people have to sign, it should be irrelevant what gender those two people are. The State doens't care why you are marrying the other person, having kids or even living together isn't a requirement. The only requirement I think is that you are not currently in another legal marriage.
For the sake of argument let's try to assume we are talking about two individuals of the same species, so we don't have to assume what will happen if Joe Farmer decides to marry his sheep.
Silvarel Mistmoon wrote:Well Winnow, sorry to disappoint you but when I got married it was in a house of the Lord and I said my vows in his presence and I meant every word that I said. It was not a legal contract for a divorce.
The little paper that had to be signed for the State doesn't mean squat compaired to what I said in my wedding ceremony.
who gives a fuck what you did, you bible beating zealot. I could go to a church and swear to change the oil in my car every three months for the rest of my life. that doesn't make the act of changing my oil a religious act before god that the government can or cannot give me permission to do.
I said my wedding vows on a yacht. a judge said the vows. does that make my marraige somehow less of a marraige as far as the government is concerned.
Silvarel Mistmoon wrote:Well Winnow, sorry to disappoint you but when I got married it was in a house of the Lord and I said my vows in his presence and I meant every word that I said. It was not a legal contract for a divorce.
The little paper that had to be signed for the State doesn't mean squat compaired to what I said in my wedding ceremony.
Hiya Silvarel : )
The little paper doesn't mean squat compared to what you said but it will mean a lot "IF" you ever get divorced : ) And it isn't a little paper when you divorce...it's stacks and stacks of papers : )
If that little paper didn't mean anything Silvarel, why did you sign it? Why not just marry without paperwork?
Marriage has different meanings for different people. Some people hold the church part higher then the court papers others hold the court papers higher then the church papers.
Like some they get married in a church to make others happy, some of us sign the state papers to make the state happy.
AND not to mention Winnow wanted someone to post and get folks riled up sooooo ........... I did.
[/quote]I said my wedding vows on a yacht[quote]
I am sure had your husband known you better he would have dumped you over board!
Silvarel Mistmoon wrote:Well Winnow, sorry to disappoint you but when I got married it was in a house of the Lord and I said my vows in his presence and I meant every word that I said. It was not a legal contract for a divorce.
The little paper that had to be signed for the State doesn't mean squat compaired to what I said in my wedding ceremony.
who gives a fuck what you did, you bible beating zealot. I could go to a church and swear to change the oil in my car every three months for the rest of my life. that doesn't make the act of changing my oil a religious act before god that the government can or cannot give me permission to do.
I said my wedding vows on a yacht. a judge said the vows. does that make my marraige somehow less of a marraige as far as the government is concerned.
We got married in a Church at that meant a lot to us... but as people have pointed out it didn't mean anything to the State... AND IT SHOULDN'T.
Personally I'm not sure I care what they call it but I think people who are gay should have the same State rights with their life partner as Hetros do. I don't care if they call it marriage or what, and personally I don't think most Gay people would/should unless they are religious then they can have their time in a Church as well. The main point in all this is that they, like everyone else who commits to someone for life, should get the same legal benefits.
