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"'God' has been shoehorned into American public life on a steadily rising tide since the early 20th century in a way the founding fathers explicitly did not intend. The extraordinary confusion about whether marriage is a civil contract or a religious sacrament is, likewise, something that has its roots not in the dawn of time, but in early medieval Christian practice when the church began officiating at weddings. If it is in fact a civil contract then by every principle of civil rights and equality before the law there is no justice in denying it to some and reserving it to others. And if it is a religious matter, then the state has no business legislating any aspect of it at any level, and that the hell (one could ask) is the Christian right doing trying to tell Buddhists and Hindus and Jews and Catholics how to run their religions?"
"'God' has been shoehorned into American public life on a steadily rising tide since the early 20th century in a way the founding fathers explicitly did not intend. The extraordinary confusion about whether marriage is a civil contract or a religious sacrament is, likewise, something that has its roots not in the dawn of time, but in early medieval Christian practice when the church began officiating at weddings. If it is in fact a civil contract then by every principle of civil rights and equality before the law there is no justice in denying it to some and reserving it to others. And if it is a religious matter, then the state has no business legislating any aspect of it at any level, and that the hell (one could ask) is the Christian right doing trying to tell Buddhists and Hindus and Jews and Catholics how to run their religions?"
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That's funny, I thought Catholics were Christian. And furthermore, I thought THEY were the main force behind the ban on gay marriage and other such things they should just shut the fuck up about.
-Kat
Buzzle here.
Obviously you've never had the light of Jesus Christ in your life. Or, as a suitable replacement, Jack Chick.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0071/0071_01.asp
That was in response to Kat's comment.
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