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OP...you really seem to be fixated on this stuff. Is it because you have repressed urges or that you are in an unfulfilling marriage and need to blame on the gay couple down the block?
No, the presence of love does not mean qualify as a mariage but the absence of love makes a marriage impossible.
It's true that married people are actually commanded to love each other. Christian marriage ceremonies extract a promise of love from the spouses. But the absence of love doesn't invalidate a marriage any more than the absence of love invalidates parenthood.
Only the Church after an investigation can declare a marriage annulled. The state can then authorize a legal divorce.
Not everyone believes in your version of "the church ". In fact, most denominations believe that their church is "the
church" Who gets to decide which church is THE church?
Not everyone believes in your version of "the church ". In fact, most denominations believe that their church is "the
church" Who gets to decide which church is THE church?
In that case, I suppose we'll have to fight this out democratically.
In that case, I suppose we'll have to fight this out democratically.
Or we could follow the constitution, and keep religion and government separate treat all American citizens equally under the law, and let churches decide who they will have a religious ceremony for.
Or we could follow the constitution, and keep religion and government separate treat all American citizens equally under the law, and let churches decide who they will have a religious ceremony for.
See it is already figured out.
No, it isn't already figured out or there wouldn't be any controversy. States have every right to make laws with religious justifications and have been doing so from day one. That's why we have monogamous and not polygamous marriage today.
Can't rep you again, but wanted to give you a for that one! How arrogant to think one should be able to redefine an institution thousands of years rich with tradition and meaning and purpose, simply because you want to .
Oh, so you mean when they outlawed polygamy?
Or when they invented the Anglican church to allow a King to divorce?
Or how about the fact that if your silly cult wishes to define marriage as a union between man and woman strictly for reproductive reasons it's your right as an American?
Allowing gay marriage or a marriage between more than 2 CONSENTING adults does nothing to the primitive cult you belong to and its definiton of marriage, it just allows people to receive the many legal benefits of marriage that have been forced into our tax code and numerous other laws.
I'm straight and I would never want to marry more than one woman (my GF is having enough trouble getting me to ask her to marry me, I'm still holding out until I'm ready to have kids), but I don't see why you religious nuts care about what others do when it's not sanctioned by your religion anyway.
And let me guess, you home school your kids because you don't agree with the teachings of a public school because it's not overtly-religious like you prefer. You want your kids to be fully indoctrinated and brainwashed into your cult so they can't ever think for themselves, right?
No, it isn't already figured out or there wouldn't be any controversy. States have every right to make laws with religious justifications and have been doing so from day one. That's why we have monogamous and not polygamous marriage today.
14th amendment. Which part of ALL American citizens do you not understand?
Only the Church after an investigation can declare a marriage annulled. The state can then authorize a legal divorce.
You missed a step. Who makes the call that the childless-by-choice couple is not, in fact, trying their god-willed hardest to procreate? Does finding a condom wrapper in the trash launch an investigation, or do condoms even exist in this world of yours? Who's keeping these people honest, WP?
Actually it's probable that large numbers of legal marriages today are not valid. Couples who enter marriage with one eye on the door (as evidenced by pre-nups, separate bank accounts, etc.) have not contracted a valid marriage. Those who have divorced and remarried without annulment have not contracted a valid marriage. Those who have closed their marriages to children have not contracted a valid marriage.
But for the good of society, we should still make a presumption of validity. That is, it should be assumed that a legal marriage is a valid marriage. The question before us is whether we want to make this problem worse by adding another invalid category to legal marriages.
My parents have been married for nearly 30 years and have always had separate bank accounts. Their marriage is just as valid as anyone elses.
Also, should I be barred from ever getting married because I can't bear children? Because I cannot conceive I should not be able to marry the man I love? That's BS. Your religion has NOTHING TO DO with the way I live my life so please keep your big religious nose out of it.
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for that one! How arrogant to think one should be able to redefine an institution thousands of years rich with tradition and meaning and purpose, simply because you want to 
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