if the right to gay marriage is immoral... (fence, billion, kids)

[hooligan]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

I thought marriage was only confirmed after 'consummation' had occurred on the wedding night.

now this is not possible with those of the same sex.

So how about this little hurdle then?

wait, let me guess - easy, just redefine the necessary clauses!

You thought wrong, evidently.

My marriage was 100% legal as soon as all parties signed the marriage license.

[Kenneth-Kaunda]

signing a piece of paper does not make a marriage.

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

signing a piece of paper does not make a marriage.

Are civil marriages not obtained by filing civil marriage paperwork?

[hooligan]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

signing a piece of paper does not make a marriage.

The law disagrees with you on that statement.

[Smoke_Jaguar4]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

signing a piece of paper does not make a marriage.

You are correct. That piece of paper then needs to be notarized, filed with a county clerk, and all applicable fees need to be paid.

[Kenneth-Kaunda]

it is merely an artificial union.

Where is the emotional and spiritual bond here?

[hammertime33]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

it is merely an artificial union.

No, it's the registering of a civil contract between two people who, to some degree, wish to legally combine their lives with the state in order to access a collection of rights.

Where is the emotional and spiritual bond here?

Bonds like that aren't made of paper.

[Smoke_Jaguar4]

Originally Posted by Kenneth-Kaunda

it is merely an artificial union.

Where is the emotional and spiritual bond here?

You mean gays can't have an "emotional and spiritual" bond? Does this explicitly require one person have a penis and the other a vagina?

[Clark Park]

I am in favor of Marriage Equality. That means legal same-sex marriage.

How is that for brevity?

[LuckyGem]

Originally Posted by raison_d'etre

The human race didn't start with adam and eve either. When you can prove that to me, your argument might be somewhat more valid. Until then....Invalid argument.

Adam = man

Eve = woman

Therefore, the human race began with man, and woman, e.g. Adam & Eve.

The human race didn't begin with man and man, nor woman and woman.

It's a matter of natural human biology.