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Originally posted by phredgreen
i'm not even gay and this law concerns me. i just think our government has completely thrown the separation between church and state completely to the wind and is legislating anything they think might be "immoral" or releigiously (not socially) "indecent" to make thsi world a safer place for their god. this really worries me. it's getting out of hand. refer this website for more throught provoking arguments against our current government.
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I think you're off a bit on this one. "Separation of church and state" is intended to prevent the establishment of a national religion, not to deny legislatures from belonging to a religion and have said religion affect their policy.
Taken from the Republican platform:
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Our country was founded in faith and upon the truth that self-government is rooted in religious conviction. While the Constitution guards against the establishment of state-sponsored religion, it also honors the free exercise of religion. We believe the federal courts must respect this freedom and the original intent of the Framers. We assert the right of religious leaders to speak out on public issues and will not allow the EEOC or any other arm of government to regulate or ban religious symbols from the workplace. We condemn the desecration of places of worship and objects of religious devotion, and call upon the media to reconsider their role in fostering bias through negative stereotyping of religious citizens. We support the First Amendment right of freedom of association and stand united with private organizations, such as the Boy Scouts of America, and support their positions.
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Even though their beliefs in this regard are not what I would find acceptable, their attempts to stand up to the "free-love" movement is commendable. However, I think that their thinking is off a bit, and that they should promote marriage (regardless of sexual preference), rather than restrict it. Marriage represents (or used to, at least, I'm a bit old-fashioned) a committment between two people which is beneficial to public health and local communities.