Gay Marriage
THIS one I'm ALL for. I don't even care if it's called "marriage." For all I care, let the religious institutions retain the moniker, let gays be "civilly unionized," or "legally partnered" or WHATEVER - so long as everyone has the same legal rights as far as permanent partnership. Churches can reserve the right to refuse to marry whomever they want, but why should the state be making the same distinctions the churches do? As for the big debate, I saw it summed up best by Chris of cheeseweasle, commenting on the remarks made on CalPundit (Chris' is the third comment down):
"IMO, this is one of those things, like abortion, where rational debate can't really go very far, because at least one side is using faith, tradition and fear as the basis for their arguments. it's like arguing evolution against a creationist - eventually you hit the big wall of The Bible Says So."
To me, that's unacceptable. I have yet to hear one argument against gay marriage that does not take its root in religion, and religion has no business in state or federal government.
Posted by beenie at July 31, 2003 07:56 AM