same sex marriage

[billy]

banana skins are not contraceptives

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actually no one has the right to be married in church except those the church deem fit.

the same as a poetry site has the right to ban you from it's site if you don't follow the rule.

and i agree that all people be allowed to be seen as married in the eyes of the state.

as for equal rights...there has to be qualifiers, do convicts have the same legal rights as non convicts.
if gays can have sex in prison with their wives or husbands, why can't heterosexuals?
are children eligible for equal rights, in truth there is no such thing as equal rights, the society we live in dictate who has what rights. despite what we as individuals think people should have.

an example would be not allowing ex cons to bear arms even though the 2nd amendment allows it, a criteria often has to be fulfilled. pedo's with convictions aren't allowed to work in teaching for example.

if i were gay i'd want the state to see me and any long term partner as one entity the same as they do with marriage, i would care what they called it. they could call it a fuckbuddy contract for all i care as long as we got the same tax breaks and the chance of a honeymoon.

Are you hinting at banning me from this site for saying that "all people should have equal rights"?

contrary to popular belief, we encourage discussion. why would someone be banned for saying that. leanne got my point across pretty well so i won't go over but to answer you in a word, no

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Well, here you can be married by a judge, or random person with a mail order certificate. And you need a marriage license from the state before even the church can marry you. Not all marriages are religious practices, and why would you want a sacrament from a church that you disagree with on morality issues, which are the most important part of religion in the first place?

Exactly. Whether a church allows it or not is almost entirely irrelevant to the debate. I'm already going to hell for using contraception, apparently

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Hooray for Gosford -- one of my favourite towns for many reasons, but this is the latest.

i should have said catholic church