GhettoCottage » gay marriage http://ghettocottage.com Just another SierraCircle weblog Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:50:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Proposition 8 and Christianity http://ghettocottage.com/69 http://ghettocottage.com/69#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:30:02 +0000 endle http://ghettocottage.com/?p=69 I recently read a great post on this issue written by Jon Trott (Posted Here). As with many ssues, I disagree greatly with the Christian Right on gay marriage. I grew up in a home where I was constantly having religion pushed on me, so I tend to get infuriated when I see people trying to push their beliefs on others, which is what Prop. 8 amounts to: some people forcing their beliefs on the rest of the population.

At any rate, it was a nice change to read Jon’s article and get a different slant from a Christian’s perspective on this issue. The comments on his post had some interesting perspectives as well. I really liked the idea someone mentioned  about the state only handling civil unions, instead of making laws about marriage. That way, marriage would belong to each church or group of scientists or whatever organization  you belong to. If you marry under a certain church, then your marriage is based on that churches concept of what a marriage is.

This idea to me seems the most fair and equitable to everyone. Each group can formulate their own beliefs on marriage, yet at the same time there is a general consensus that people living together have certain rights.
It’s a mystery to me why this simple solution is not immediately adopted by all states, as it has such a simplistic yet powerful ring of fairness to it.

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