Is God dead?

[kellychaos]

Originally Posted by Brandon

I think you're really overgeneralizing, and it's unfair. Not everyone who opposed gay marriage is a homophobe -- some are traditionalists, and many simply believe -- for religious reasons -- that marriage was an institution created solely for the union of a man and a woman. These people usually place a high social value on marriage and family life, and they are, as such, riled whenever radical changes are instituted and/or celebrated in these arenas.

Do you think that a lot of state initiatives on legalizing gay marriage would have passed had they used the term "civic union" rather than "marriage". In other words, is semantics a sticking point with some fundamentalists?

And, for the Goat ... a one, anda two anda three:

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
© John Prine

While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.

Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.

Repeat Chorus:

Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...

"But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."