Those people that come to your door to tell you all about their god are generally either Jehovah's witnesses or Mormons. And, those mormons are always dressed in nice clothes (but not too nice) and very clean cut. Oh, they must be such nice people...until you learn about the bigotry that pervades this church. Until only a couple decades ago blacks were thought of as cursed and wicked. But, more recently, we have the efforts of the Mormon church to block equal rights for LGBT citizens of California.
While Proposition 8 still sits in the courts (why it's even there I can't fathom considering it should be a no-brainer to grant equal rights to gays citizens and all citizens really) we know how it got there. I recommend anyone interested to see story behind the scenes to pick up the documentary, 8 the Mormon Proposition. In it, you can learn about how the Mormon church and some of its members are so anti-gay that they took money from their own children's college funds in order to make sure that gays can't enjoy full citizenship status. It's truly insane - and that's not all of it.
Why don't they get rid of the pretext and formally join forces with Fred Phelps.
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Our government is not supposed to be in the religion business. Our government is designed to be secular. That's one of the reasons why it works.
It seems to me that one should be taking one of two positions on this issue:
A) Marriage is, by it's nature, a religious rite, and it should only be performed by churches. The government has NO business conducting marriages, recognizing marriages, or offering ANY tax benefits, or other benefits, to people who are in marriages. Marriage is purely religious.
or,
B) The government DOES provide for and recognize secular marriage, and DOES offer it's citizens a number of benefits that go along with that marriage, and, therefore, ALL citizens must have equal access.
Since our government DOES recognize secular marriage, what is the justification for arbitrarily denying a part of the citizenry? A situation whereby some tax-paying citizens are allowed access to governmental benefits, while other tax-paying citizens are denied, is unsustainable.
It will end. Eventually.
Gay marriage is just a matter of time.
Religious bigotry is a powerful force, but so are the Constitution and American ideas of equal treatment under the law.
I trust that the American electorate will, eventually, see institutions such as the Mormon Church as the idiots that they are, and they will vote on the side of fairness under the law.
welcome back gct.
Civil marriage is simply another form of contract between people. Nothing more. As such, it should be open to all.
Any religious aspects that couples choose to attach to their marriage exist outside the institution's civil/legal framework, and should have no influence on the state's recognition or interpretation of it.
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