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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
In summary: Same-sex marriages would be a big step along the road to a future in which... Marriage has little weight, little meaning and little value.
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The same could be said now with heterosexual marriages.Are people really interest in the sanctity of marriage or are they only interested in their 'special day', the hoopla and 150 chicken dinners.If not the case,why do so many marriages end in divorce or seperation? Obviously, "till death do us part" means very little or nothing anymore and if that is irrelevant,isn't the church also since that is one of it's dictums?
As far as the religious traditions go,I think most people use that excuse as a crutch. I enjoy seeing people getting married in a church who already live together (living in sin),use birth control(that's a no-no),and are going to get right shitfaced at the reception( the bible not mention something about debauchery?).Offer someone to get married in a church or on a ocean cruiseliner in the Carribean all expenses paid,and which option do you think they will take? I think in any marriage,gay(if allowed) or straight, the religious aspect is secondary at best in regards to why those people choose to spend their lives together in the first place.