infidel wrote:
It is in the best interest of society when they endorse and or condone relationships that are in the best interests of society. It is not discrimination, when MOST everyone already HAS the right to marry someone of the opposite sex. Are you in favor of forcing the Catholic church to let gay marriage happen in the Cathedral? I believe you are in favor of using government control to force your beliefs on others, and churches.
Unlike you, I don't propose forcing my views upon anyone else, so, no I don't think the catholic church should be forced to do anything. Heck, they already don't marry jews and other denominations, and that has been upheld umpteen times in court, so what the heck makes you think that they are going to somehow be "forced" into marrying ANYONE, let alone two women or dudes???? If it did happen, I would be the first to fight that, just as I fought a bigoted amendment to our constitution this time around.
But, aside from your straw-man, which nobody but you seems to even care about, I also don't care what you believe. Especially if you "believe" that I am in favor of blah blah blah like you just stated. Deal with the fact that you feel the need to project YOUR values on others. I don't. Heck, just look at the bible for any length of time and try to count all of the ways marriage has been
re-defined over the years. It doesn't bother me in the least how it is defined by others, as that has no bearing at all upon MY marriage. And, unlike you, I'm a conservative, so the last thing I want is the freaking government all into defining who can and cannot get married.
It does make me wonder just how exactly you religious people pick out which stuff to follow, and which stuff not to? I seem to remember some pretty risqué stuff from the bible.....
It turns out that what you have is less important than what you do with it.