On 5/29/15 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2015 13:35:30 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Republicans at work…

Oklahoma House passes bill restricting marriage to people of faith


Marriage is a religious ceremony and it should be completely unbundled
from the government.
The government has no business in the marriage process.

We have eliminated all of the actual constraints of marriage in the
law so it should simply be recognized as pure contract law and dealt
with as a civil partnership between any 2 or more adults.

Let the church deal with the spiritual issue of "marriage".


That's not going to happen in this country, because the fundie churches
won't stand for that, either.

I'm still trying to understand why gay marriage is a threat to
heterosexual marriage.

On Fri, 29 May 2015 15:52:36 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 5/29/15 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2015 13:35:30 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Republicans at work…

Oklahoma House passes bill restricting marriage to people of faith


Marriage is a religious ceremony and it should be completely unbundled
from the government.
The government has no business in the marriage process.

We have eliminated all of the actual constraints of marriage in the
law so it should simply be recognized as pure contract law and dealt
with as a civil partnership between any 2 or more adults.

Let the church deal with the spiritual issue of "marriage".


That's not going to happen in this country, because the fundie churches
won't stand for that, either.

I'm still trying to understand why gay marriage is a threat to
heterosexual marriage.

Gay 'marriage' isn't a threat to anything. It is a contract between two folks that
will help the global warming problem by reducing procreation. You gotta love it.
--

Guns don't cause problems.
Gun owner behavior causes problems.

On Fri, 29 May 2015 20:26:08 -0400, wrote:

This is a bigger issue of the separation of church and state than a
creche in the town square. I am surprised the ACLU folks have not
embraced it. Why does a religious ceremony like marriage have the
force of law? Why is the government involved at all?

===

Quoting Tevye from "Fiddler on the Roof": "Tradition!"

More from Tevye:

Tevye: As the good book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of
them is sick.
Mendel: Where does the book say that?
Tevye: Well, it doesn't say that exactly, but somewhere there is
something about a chicken.

:-)

Wayne, now THAT was FUNNY!

On Fri, 29 May 2015 18:58:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Wayne, now THAT was FUNNY!

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It was a really funny play and had some great music also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahAOU1HZXlc

On 5/29/15 8:26 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2015 15:52:36 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 5/29/15 3:34 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 29 May 2015 13:35:30 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

Republicans at work…

Oklahoma House passes bill restricting marriage to people of faith


Marriage is a religious ceremony and it should be completely unbundled
from the government.
The government has no business in the marriage process.

We have eliminated all of the actual constraints of marriage in the
law so it should simply be recognized as pure contract law and dealt
with as a civil partnership between any 2 or more adults.

Let the church deal with the spiritual issue of "marriage".


That's not going to happen in this country, because the fundie churches
won't stand for that, either.

This is a bigger issue of the separation of church and state than a
creche in the town square. I am surprised the ACLU folks have not
embraced it. Why does a religious ceremony like marriage have the
force of law? Why is the government involved at all?

I'm still trying to understand why gay marriage is a threat to
heterosexual marriage.


Partly because of the rights and privileges that attach to marriage.