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Originally Posted by Rubber Bucket
ilovetv, I absolutely agree with you. Any committed couple should be afforded the opportunity to form a "civil union" or "domestic partnership" and with that commitment should be able to realize all civil benefits currently extended to married couples. These benefits would include inheritance rights, tax benefits, banking/financial benefits, etc. Society can call these unions - "civil unions" or "domestic partnerships".
If that couple chooses to "go the next step" and make a commitment between themselves and their God, society can label that as "marriage".
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There is absolutely NOTHING different between a gay couple being married by a Justice of the Peace or a judge than a straight couple being married in the same way. It is a CIVIL ceremony. It is a civilized thing to do!
IF a church wants to recognize the civil ceremony with a religious ceremony of it's own, THAT is up to the church. The GOVERNMENT should keep it's nose out of the church business.
If the CEO of Chick-fil-a wants to come out and denounce gay marriage - nothing wrong with him doing that. If groups want to protest his actions by boycotting the restaurant - nothing wrong with that, either. GOVERNMENT should not be involved IN ANY WAY.
Go ahead and buy your sandwiches tomorrow. Nothing wrong with that, either - except for the huge amounts of grease and sodium and empty calories in the sandwiches. Those waffle fries do sound good, though.