Uzytkownik "Littleboy" <allen.strong@comflycast.net> napisal w wiadomosci
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> 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.
Please see article 16 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It talks of men and women of full age marrying:
http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
It says nothing of homosexual unions and says that the family is the
foundation of society.
Uncle Davey
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