UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
no one is trying to force priests into marrying gay couples. what the fuck are you smoking? potatoes mixed with crack?So you'd rather violate the seperate of Church and State and the rights of a priest for the rights of a gay person because they can't be happy with a Civil Union?
Gays are hilarious, they fight to be part of religions that fundamentally HATE their lifestyle. Why do they even follow said religions?
I say let anyone marry anyone, but don't force people to perform a marriage service that is fundamentally against the religion they serve.
Actually I have an idea...how about the Government leaves marriage completely alone and treats all people, married and otherwise, equally?
couples are married officially by the state. here in the states, elvis impersonators often take care of the ritual ceremony.
my wife and i had a very religious rabbi perform our marriage. he was a jewish reconstructionist, which basically means that we are applying the teachings of judaism into an evolving, modern world. if we had hired a conservative, orthodox rabbi, we would have had 18 minutes to consummate our marriage right after the vows. instead, we spent the time eating fancy appetizers and taking in the relief that comes with an end to 18 months of endless planning.
the best part? we took the jewish tradition of recognizing the sadness of something during the otherwise happy occasion of a wedding, and used it to acknowledge that even in the moment of happiness my wife and i shared, others could not share in similar happiness because they were gay. one of my wife's bridesmaids was especially touched by that, as was one of my wife's friends who was in attendance. why? because they are precluded from our similar joy for the simple fact of how they were born or who they chose to love.
the question here is not how the ceremony is performed, the question here is whether their ceremony is every bit as equal as ours, and whether they get the exact same rights as we do after the ceremony.
if you are comfortable with giving our gay friends every single tangible civil right associated with marriage, why not give them the title as well?
and if it is all a matter of the title of civil union versus marriage, why don't you argue for the heteros to get civil unions and the homos to get marriage?
obvious reasons are obvious.