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Re: what is so wrong about gay marriage??? -
June 12th 2009, 05:15 PM
I think the problem with gay marriage is a problem with the State in general. The State basically took a spiritual thing and added a legal contract to it. Gay people that wish to marry (so far as I have understood) want the legal aspect, whereas religious people see it as their wanting the spiritual aspect. The solution is to split the two. Legal contracts (ie legal benefits and privileges) have no place in the marital realm, and marriage (a spiritual binding of two people in religious opinion) has no place in the legal realm.
In essence, one side sees it as a contract, and wants to be able to have that contract.
The other side sees it as much more then a contract.
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