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Old 10-24-2003, 06:44 AM   #71 (permalink)
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They are lobying the governement to make them accept the change THEY want in a religious ceremony. Hence the lobyists, marches, debates etc.
The fact that the procedure of marriage sometimes takes place in a church doesn't change the fact that it is a legal procedure. Ever heard of a marriage licence? The religious proceedings involved in getting married are pure ritual and independent of actually getting married in any legal sense.

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The sacred meaning of marriage. Not just Christianity either, for all religions who use marriage as a blessing from God.
So a marriage would somehow be less sacred if two men could do it too? How so? All you have to do is look at the divorce rate(around 50% last i heard) to see how "sacred" christian marriages are.
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