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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is marriage off limits? For a long time marriage was about combining families of a certain pedigree, obtaining property, etc. What does it matter to me personally that 2 men or 2 women marry? It doesn't affect me.[/quote]

it affects others.   some people take sacraments seriously.[/quote]

What a horrible rationale.  [b]Your [/b]sacraments - your religion - get to dictate what other people do????  If this is a sacramental issue for you then fine, abide by YOUR sacraments.  Don't get gay married.  Why should anyone else have to follow your god?

And since you take your sacrament so seriously I imagine you never had premarital sex.  Right?

What if we end up with a majority religion in this country which decides that all women have to wear burquas?  Let's say they tell you, "it's a sacrament (or other religious priority).  [b]Why do their religious beliefs get to impact your life or mine? [/b] [/quote]

This country has an extremely long and complex history of religious beliefs affecting social behavior, accepted norms and laws.  The foundation of our country, as well as the current view of the majority of us, is one of a moral belief system.  As that belief system begins to shift, we encounter these types of clashes.  However at this point in time, the majority of us still have a Judeo-Christian foundation, so it is certainly still going to filter into our laws and decision making processes.   Which some people, like myself, will be happy about; while others, like yourself, will fight against.  Either we find a way to work it out in a reasonable way that minimally satisfies all of us, or we fight like crazy -- which may or may not work out for some of us in the end.[/quote]

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