In article <bmfd40pm3bnsrcbu6sa0vd7pl50kn2j9ck@4ax.com>,
biblebob@saintly.com says...
> On 3 Mar 2004 20:44:54 -0800, rogue719@hotmail.com (rogue) wrote:
>
> >"Jason Gastrich" <newsgroups@jcsm.org> wrote in message news:<oWq1c.13357$4o3.7763@twister.socal.rr.com>...
> >
> >> >DAVEY
> >> > Quite frankly, I don't understand why they need marriage.
> >> >
> >> > Many heterosexual couples are opting not to formalise their unions in
> >> > the eyes of the state, and of course they are married in the sight of
> >> > God as soon as they become one flesh anyway.
> >> >
> >> > They are married even though they are not married in the eyes of the
> >> > state.
> >> >
> >> > Homosexuals, even if they become married in the eyes of the state,
> >> > are not able to become married in the eyes of God, because God has
> >> > only made marriage possible between a man and a woman. All a man can
> >> > become with another man is a worse sinner than he was before.
> >> >
> >> > Uncle Davey
> >> JASON
> >> I understand what you're saying, Davey. You and I know that marriage is a
> >> covenant between humans and God. Some have forgotten, though.
> >
> >JERRY
> >I understand what you are saying, Jason, but some people seem to have
> >forgotten that this is not a Christian nation but a melting pot where
> >there is a separation of church and state, therefore your belief in
> >marriage as a covenant with god and humans is a speech for your church
> >and has no bearing on the civil rights of the citizens of the US.
>
> BB:
>
> Jerry, that melting pot you refer to is made up fromall the nations of
> the world that hold that marriage is between a man and a woman. It
> may be a religious issues in some cultures, but not necessarily all;
> but all the cultures agree that mariage is betweeen a man and a woman.
>
> BB
>
I don't believe that "all" cultures agree that marriage is between a
man and a women (cue the anthropologist, stage right). I seem to
remember from my hazy college days (it was the 60's after all, and I
don't remember all of it) that some cultures that some cultures did
recognize marriages between people of the same sex.
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