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[quote=Anonymous]the info on churches marrying same sex couples is confusing.

no bill that i know of has ever said that the church has to perform a gay marriage. it also doesnt say that a church can "opt out" if it wants either. the latter is what some (emphasis on some) opponents of gay marriage are fearful of as are some religious institutions.

the new york bill specifically spelled out that religious institutions did not have to recognize married gay couples. when the MD bill was up last year, the language was 1-2 lines and could have been seen so many different ways that it probably did scare churches. the MD bill that passed recently spelled out the terms and was a better bill.

removing the bigots and homophobes, the gay marriage issue is this. religious institutions a) do not want to be told to "recognize" a gay marriage, whether by acknowledgement or performing a ceromny b)some also dont want gay couples marrying to be seen as an actually marriage so they are really caught up in terminology.

in this very simplified way of looking at it, option a is the most "credible" argument. option b has an emotional aspect to it that can eventually get mixed up with the bigots out there.

the emotional opposition is what makes headlines. the so-called rational argument is boring and gets into legal crap nobody cares about. what happens is both sides get so caught up, that everyone gets emotional and its a big back and forth[/quote]

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