Posted on 02/05/2014 4:15:29 AM PST by xzins
Yes, and also the tagline.
Your post deserves a detailed reply but I am very busy for several days. I will try to get back to you.
ha! that’s classic!
That too!
My 17-year-old is nearly as funny as he thinks he is, sometimes.
The left? That's why Oklahoma and Utah and Missisippi and all those leftist states have no-fault divorce?
Let me remind you of a little history: the first no-fault divorce law in America was signed by Gov. Ronald Reagan. The last state to adopt no-fault divorce was New York.
Not to imply that I am in any way better than anyone else, but I am very content to have been married to one woman, and to have been with her for 35 years. I have no interest in making any changes to my relationship with my wife. We’ve had good times, and bad. But, we believe in the vows we made to each other all those many years ago.
Thanks for the comment.
I’m glad that there are those out there who believe in their marriage vows. You clearly are one of them.
Trying to say divorce is a reason to have same sex marriage is a stretch at best.
Then pointing out gay’s will get divorced also (and over time probably statistically catch up) again does nothing to advance the pro-gay argument.
If you have to resort to “well, it won’t be near as bad as marriage now” you’ve probably run out of steam.
Those aren’t “marriages” in the true sense. That sounds more like an addiction to the process.
I think this idea should be examined. To start with, what kind of support does the state, or should the state, give?
Government has proven time and again that it spoils what it touches. Over time and in many places, government has tried to take over religious sacraments, never for the purpose religion assigned them, but for *other* purposes. Births used to be registered in church, now they are registered by the state. Marriage (and divorce) are done by the state. Burial, and now even death, are being encroached upon by the state.
None of them are improved by this.
Alternatively, when marriage, as such, is between people and their faith, it is socially enforced by their community and themselves. An absence of government involvement likely helps far more than it hurts.
I told you some weeks ago I'd get back to you on this. Finally, a thread has been posted that gives some of the rationales why government staying out of marriage entirely would not work:
I’m sorry to hear that.
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