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The problem is that its not a legally binding marriage. They are not granted the same rights as other married couples. If one gets insurance from their job that would normally cover a spouse, it doesnt cover them. If one of them is critically injured and in the hospital, the partner doesnt have the same rights and privileges as a married couple. Things of this nature are why they want to be legally recognized as "married".
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Okay but what I have said in probably at least ten posts on this subject is that instead of changing the law so that they can get married why not change the law so that they can get those benefits? The critically injured for example already has a modern solution in many states: a living will or advanced directive.
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Because the divorce rate has been steadily raised ever since divorce became as socially acceptable as it is. Doesnt necessarily mean it has anything to do with interracial marriages.
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How come the rate of marriages has decreased? How come the age of marrying has increased? How come the children born ou tof wed-lock has increased?
also it started raising even more after it was legalized.
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However from a government and/or legal standpoint, gays should be able to go to the JotP and get a marriage license. What ever happened to "all men are created equal"? They shouldnt be given fewer rights just because of their sexual preference.
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All men are created equal does not mean everybody gets any priveledge they want exactly how they want it. The fact is,
gay men have just as much of a right to marry a woman as anybody else.
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By that logic anyone who has sex in any other way than the missionary position or for any other reason than reproduction should have rights stripped away from them.
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That would be a typical argument to make if I said that procreating is the only reason why people should have sex. Which I didn't. Anyway the more applicable form of this argument would be that only marriages done with the objective of procreation should be allowed to marry. Which would limit menopausal women and otherwise infertile/incompatible couples to marry. Which i could say something about if i had made that argument and you had responded relevantly to.
and why only missionary style does the bible say only to do it missionary style i cant remember
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This goes back to my previous statement that you shouldnt mind other peoples business and worry about yourself.
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They are worrying about themselves. They are worrying about the meaning of their marriage.
Furthmore that's the stupidest shit I've ever heard. If someone were raping and then killing somebody next door shouldn't you not mind your own business and call the cops? I'm just going to put etc. here because there are tons of examples...
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That is kind of between them and god dont you think? If they are committing a sin they have to answer for it when the time comes.
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Where in the bible does it say that you should let sinners continue to sin because god's going to deal with them? Cause actually im pretty sure it says you should cast gay people/other sinners out of your society and or kill the fuck out of them. And people who GO AGAINST GOD, or who don't obey his rules(like not upholding the marriage ideals or punishing sinners/gay people), are punished.
So it's not just about the gays it's about themsleves. I think that's why people usually bring up sadom and gammorha. Because that was a city that didn't obey god's rules and was punished for it. But it says all over the bible that societies that don't obey god's will will be fucked by god.
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Its not like they are murdering someone in the streets or even robbing from anyone.
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the ten commandments aren't the only rules of the bible.
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And this all on an "if", an "if" that implies god hates people of a certain race and/or sexuality. I mean god did make them who they are.
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So if there is a serial killer and he kills people god made him who he is and thus it's ok? Maybe he made him like that so that we would get the balls together to punish the bastard. did god give us freewill?
I don't know if it implies so much that he hates them (but he might) so much as he thinksk that they are a sick abomination and that they shouldn't exist and are corrupting the nature he gave to them or something i dont know. maybe he thinks it looks gross.
God made tsunamis to kill people.
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