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NY Tea Party Candidate Paladino: 'I'll Use Eminent Domain to Stop the Mosque'

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SanFranciscoZionist8/08/2010 6:14:27 pm PDT

re: #329 reine.de.tout

Religious people see MARRIAGE as being the religious convenant FIRST; with the state contract secondary. So our view is that the term marriage is being changed. But, what the fuck, I’m an eeebil intolerant religious conservative, what the hell do I know?

That’s where this gets complicated, though.

I spent years in a situation where no state recognized same-sex marriages, but many churches and synagogues within my area did. I have friends who are now ‘engaged’ following Prop 8 being struck down. They’ve been religiously married for fifteen years.

Those of us who are blessed to have the two go together without any confusion or conflict often don’t take the pieces apart in our heads. We get married legally and religiously, usually on the same day, or as part of the same event.

Now, the fact is, marriage through the state has a clear legal status, whereas a kiddushin, or the sacrament of marriage or what have you, does not.

So, when the term changes…

As I said, I’d be fine just splitting the two up completely. I think it would content many people, I think it would NOT content those who truly just don’t want same-sex couples to have the legal status that presently goes with state-sanctioned marriage.