I've decided to start a blog once I couldn't post on the board because I'm being infracted for being off-topic.
:D This way I can't ever be off-topic since it is my blog.
My first topic in this blog will be about:
[B]Religion and marriage, gay marriage, mixed religion marriage and interracial marriage [/B]
or
to paraphrase Tina:
;) [I]What's love got to do with it?[/I]
Let me start with the history of my father's parents. Although they are both Christians my grandfather is not a Catholic while my grandmother is. Back in the days my grandfather had to write the pope a letter to find out it if he could marry my grandmother.
Even as a child when I 1st heard this story this seemed odd to me. Wasn't it enough that my grandfather was in love with my grandmother and wanted to marry her?
Why would God or the pope as His earthly representative be against this? Isn't being in love enough reason to be married?
My grandfather only converted to Catholicism because of his youngest son wanting to be a priest.
:) Luckily when my own Catholic father wanted to marry my Protestant mother he could do so without having to ask the pope for permission.
Nowadays an interracial marriage and mixed religion marriage are considered 'normal'.
The only thing that is still viewed as ‘abnormal’ is a same sex marriage.
If I’m not mistaken 40 years ago in 16 states in the US an interracial marriage would’ve been against the law.
If you go farther back in time we’ll see that typical marriages were strictly arranged by parents, typically for financial gain. Hopefully nowadays this will not be the case anymore.
So history tells us that marriage is in a constant state of change and gay marriage simply is the next step in its evolution...presuming that critics of gay marriage believe in evolution.
:rolleyes: Hopefully over 40 years gay marriage will be as normal and accepted as interracial marriages are now.
:D This way I can't ever be off-topic since it is my blog.
My first topic in this blog will be about:
[B]Religion and marriage, gay marriage, mixed religion marriage and interracial marriage [/B]
or
to paraphrase Tina:
;) [I]What's love got to do with it?[/I]
Let me start with the history of my father's parents. Although they are both Christians my grandfather is not a Catholic while my grandmother is. Back in the days my grandfather had to write the pope a letter to find out it if he could marry my grandmother.
Even as a child when I 1st heard this story this seemed odd to me. Wasn't it enough that my grandfather was in love with my grandmother and wanted to marry her?
Why would God or the pope as His earthly representative be against this? Isn't being in love enough reason to be married?
My grandfather only converted to Catholicism because of his youngest son wanting to be a priest.
:) Luckily when my own Catholic father wanted to marry my Protestant mother he could do so without having to ask the pope for permission.
Nowadays an interracial marriage and mixed religion marriage are considered 'normal'.
The only thing that is still viewed as ‘abnormal’ is a same sex marriage.
If I’m not mistaken 40 years ago in 16 states in the US an interracial marriage would’ve been against the law.
If you go farther back in time we’ll see that typical marriages were strictly arranged by parents, typically for financial gain. Hopefully nowadays this will not be the case anymore.
So history tells us that marriage is in a constant state of change and gay marriage simply is the next step in its evolution...presuming that critics of gay marriage believe in evolution.
:rolleyes: Hopefully over 40 years gay marriage will be as normal and accepted as interracial marriages are now.
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