Quote Originally Posted by Lisais mine View Post
you know, I'm a minister. (okay, I'm also pagan) I feel that the government has no right at all to control marriage. it is a religous matter, better left to your priest. if your faith say you can't be gay, then you can't be gay in that faith. if it says you have to eat blueberry muffins each morning or go to hell, you better eat your fucking muffins!!!

keep the gov't out of religion and religion out of gov't, I say. BTW- if anyone is interested in same sex marriage, I live in virginia and close to maryland- I'll marry you. fuck the laws, because they are unconstutional.

I agree with you, but the reality is as long as the "Religious Right" is invoved in Politics Goverment will always be involved in matters like this
Because the "Christian Conservatives" will always have imput through the Republican Party, they will support the Party and do what ever is need to get their agenda passed, whether this continues to a lesser degree in Jan after the Dems take more control of Congress is yet to be seen
But it seems ot me and this is only an opinion, that the "Chrisitan Conservatives" have a strangle hold on the Republican Party, it is the Parties base, and they need to decide if they wish to continue with this base or move on
The other issue is Proposition 8 is being challenged in California, those ho oppse it and want same sex marriage to remain legal, contend and I agree that this is a State Contitutional issue and that voters themselves do not have the authority to simply propose some and change the law passedo n that, It has to be changed by a Consitution State Ammendment by State Legislators and not just by a Proposition of the voters as was done, they are saying the Propostion is unconstitutional for this reason