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<blockquote data-quote="Sammie" data-source="post: 224786" data-attributes="member: 8657"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">I don’t dislike homosexuals by any means and people obviously have the right </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">to their alternative life styles. After all, there’s the St.Benedict monks who live in </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">silence. There are those who favor polygamy. People live in communes. There are vegans.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Look at today’s media culture. Will and Grace. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. 2007’s Outstanding Talk Show Host, Ellen. Six Feet Under. Brokeback Mountain won three </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Oscars. I’m just going to throw this in, but why is such a controversial life style that one may or may not be comfortable with repeatedly shoved in the public’s face? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">So the argument here is that gay employees in N.J. want the same benefits for their partners that married workers get. (I’m still stuck on how every refugee imaginable can enter this country and get </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">everything this government has to offer.)</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">But… I think the issue crosses the line at marriage. And as one of you mentioned earlier, a gay couple can’t reproduce. Therefore, society couldn’t survive on homosexuals. Yet, </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">they deserve the same benefits and liberties that heterosexuals have. Why?, since their behavior is a CHOICE. I have light skin that burns in the sun in a second. I have no choice in this matter. I can't choose. And BTW, they </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">already have the same liberties. They can receive a civil union. They can vote. Work. Hold public office. Serve on a jury.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Government decided long ago that marriage is between a woman and a man. And long before that, marriage has been based on religion. The notion that marriage is a sacrament and not simply a contract can be traced St. Paul who compared the relationship of a husband and wife to that of Christ and his church (Eph. v, 23-32). What religion is based on same sex marriage?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sammie, post: 224786, member: 8657"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]I don’t dislike homosexuals by any means and people obviously have the right [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]to their alternative life styles. After all, there’s the St.Benedict monks who live in [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]silence. There are those who favor polygamy. People live in communes. There are vegans.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Look at today’s media culture. Will and Grace. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. 2007’s Outstanding Talk Show Host, Ellen. Six Feet Under. Brokeback Mountain won three [/FONT][/SIZE][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Oscars. I’m just going to throw this in, but why is such a controversial life style that one may or may not be comfortable with repeatedly shoved in the public’s face? [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]So the argument here is that gay employees in N.J. want the same benefits for their partners that married workers get. (I’m still stuck on how every refugee imaginable can enter this country and get [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]everything this government has to offer.)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]But… I think the issue crosses the line at marriage. And as one of you mentioned earlier, a gay couple can’t reproduce. Therefore, society couldn’t survive on homosexuals. Yet, [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]they deserve the same benefits and liberties that heterosexuals have. Why?, since their behavior is a CHOICE. I have light skin that burns in the sun in a second. I have no choice in this matter. I can't choose. And BTW, they [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]already have the same liberties. They can receive a civil union. They can vote. Work. Hold public office. Serve on a jury.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Government decided long ago that marriage is between a woman and a man. And long before that, marriage has been based on religion. The notion that marriage is a sacrament and not simply a contract can be traced St. Paul who compared the relationship of a husband and wife to that of Christ and his church (Eph. v, 23-32). What religion is based on same sex marriage?[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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