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Originally Posted by motordavid
My vows and commitment to my CEO are based on human loyalty,
dedication, altruism, love and caring. I understand the common thread
of where ethics/morals "comes from" in most religions, but a marriage
does not need to be "religous" based per se, imo...
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I completely agree MD.
Again, I don't think that the word marriage be "religious" based per se, either.
But the rhetoric I keep hearing from the church crowd is that a "marriage" is a religious institution and gay marriage, as perceived by them is some sort of blasphemy. And that gay marriage should not be legal because it goes against the bible and some peoples interpretation of god's word.
But since there is also a LEGAL and COMMUNITY based, non religious definition of the word Marriage as it applies to LAW, wouldn't it be fair to just use a new word for EVERYONE. Everyone across all states. A word that didn't have religious affiliations but would treat everyone equally.
So basically, the word marriage could still be used, just not by government institutions, bodies of law, etc. UNIONS for everyone, with the same rights for everybody regardless of gender.
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