Lady Emm
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Re: Why Mormons Why???
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Okay, so it's a universal right to marry. But marriage has ALWAYS been defined as one man and one woman (unless you're Mormon...LOL). In California it's defined so in our Constitution. What the opponents of Prop 8 wanted to do is redefine marriage, and people can't wrap their heads around it.
The reason so many people have difficulty wrapping their minds around it is that the definition is actually a LEGAL definition, but they hear it with a Religious ear.
Marriage is a legal contract- thus it should be able to be entered into by two people who can form a legal contract - gender doesn't enter into any other legal contract, so why should it enter into this one??
People hear the word marriage, but really they hear ' church wedding' which is religious- and thus offends their morals- at least the ones that they may be currently using this week.
sorry that was evil twin Delilah
Maybe if we had stayed with handfasting like the Celts with the option to re-up every year we might be having an easier time with this.
The real issue IS the medical one though- if you are not Legally the spouse you cannot have visitation or medical privileges with your partner- even if you are NOT the same gender, and THAT should have been in the ads also.
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12/5/2008, 2:13 pm
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Lady Emm
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Re: Why Mormons Why???
as far as I know they cannot get one here that works,
not to mention, that is not going to be real helpful if you end up in the ER and nobody knows where it is- Or has time to go take it to a judge.
I know I sure as hell am not planning on going to a judge to get to see my spouse- and I do not think that other people who are in loving caring relationships- that I know have lasted longer than a lot of "normal" marriages should have to either.
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12/9/2008, 1:50 pm
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