[quote=Madmartagen]
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Originally Posted by "SW-14":63100
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Originally Posted by Madmartagen
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Originally Posted by Noctis
This is just fucking ridiculous.
Here is the solution:
Don't call it marriage. Call it a civil union or what the hell ever. Let them do whatever they want and get the same benefits, but don't call it marriage.
If I have to be tolerant and respectful of everyone else's beliefs, why does everyone get to flame and ignore mine? Marriage is a word of Biblical origin. Period. It didn't come from anywhere but the Bible. So let us keep the sanctity of our religion just like we have to acknowledge the sanctity of everyone else's.
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Why not call it marriage? it isnt just for christians. Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Taoists, Pagans, and Native peoples get married too. Also what do you call two people who want to love eachother and want to have a binding, legal union? Its called marriage. You guys need to stop getting so sentimental over this shit, it doesnt mean your marriage is worth any less or is degraded by any mean. If you feel like your marriage is threatened by the marriage of two men or two women, then that is a lack of faith on your part towards your own marriage. |
We've already had this debate in another thread, but marriage would be worth less if two gay people married because it is defined as a union between a man and a woman. It's been like this for thousands of years, and I'd like to maintain some traditional values. They can have their "civil unions" as far as I'm concerned, but don't call it "marriage."
To you maybe it would have less meaning, but like i said before, i think that just means that you dont take your marriage very seriously.
Quite the contrary. Our desire to protect what marriage is comes from the fact that we do take marriage seriously. (I'm in school and not married, btw)
Say you're a national merit scholar. If they decided to let anyone declare themselves as national merit scholars, wouldn't you be a bit upset? It would throw out the whole meaning of the term. |
Becoming a national merit scholar means that you through hard work you have earned this recognition. Marriage isnt something you earn, its something that is available to EVERYONE. These are two completely different things.[/quote:63100]
You totally missed the point, being that gay marriages would degrade the meaning of the word "marriage." The term "National Merit Scholar" would mean nothing if it was available to anyone, and the same applies for "marriage." It would just be another legal term. "Marriage" goes beyond that.