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It's so God damn easy I don't get why no one thought of this yet. I posted this earlier a few months back but I think it was ignored. Before you start flaming me for my warped view of reality, at least read the whole thing
Give Civil Unions the same benefits as Marriage, and let Heterosexual couples be allowed to have Civil Unions. That would eliminate any "Separate but Equal" bullshit out of the water. But wait, there's more! Legalize Gay Marriage across the country, but let individual churches choose whether or not to accept the marriages. If Gay couples really wanted marriage they should have no problem finding a small local church to hold their wedding, and if they cant find a church to approve of it, there is always a Government equivalent with the same benefits.
Bam! Boom! Solved. Where's my medal?
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11 Replies in this Sub-ThreadIf Civil Unions got the same rights as marriages why not just use the same word? And the church things was never a part of it. Gays aren't trying to force churches to marry them, they want the government to recognize them as married couples and afford them the same rights as married heterosexual couples.
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Yet there are so many like me that are politicians, this is the point I was trying to make. We need good representatives that will hear both sides and make logical choices. I do not believe that changing the word in this case solves anything as, from my perspective, the only problem is some people think it is against their religion. What I do not understand is why they then force their judgment upon the nation, as their church could simply not perform the marriages they seem so adamantly against. Simply put, I do not see how the issue of gay marriage is an issue. If two people love each other, I believe that they should be granted the right to marry each other and live out their lives just like you and me. Changing the word "marriage" does not solve the problem, it simply applies a band-aid to a wound that needn't be treated--the hurt feelings of the religious some. This is what I need explained to me to see the point against gay marriage in a new light: How does the marriage of someone else, someone you may not know or even ever see, affect your life?
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Alright I'm not the best at explaining stuff but I'll give it a shot. In my church many of the pastors fear that if ghey marriage is made legal they will be forced to preform a ceremony for them if they ask. The're afraid that if they refuse they will be sued for discrimination purposes. You said something about how marriage is about two people who love each other. But to Christians it is much more than that. It is a binding contract between a man a woman and God. You see how same sex couples do not fit in with that equation? I do agree that Christians may be ignorant on this issue sometimes in the sense that a ghey couple would not be able to sue them if a priest refused to do a ceremony for them. But by changing the word its kind of like reassurance that the Christian traditions and practices will not be infringed upon.
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