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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Katelew who wrote (94644)11/7/2008 5:37:43 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) of 541384
 
Kate, I am so close to understanding what you are saying. But it keeps sliding away from me. My fault, not yours.

Adultery and bestiality - well, I am having trouble coming up with scenarios for legally legitimizing them, but fornication is pretty much accepted now with the idea of legal significant others. (IN a way not allowing gays to legitimize their relationship is encouraging fornication, isn't it?)

It used to be a mortal sin to eat meat on Friday when I was growing up. Many sins are based on now outdated rationales. Surely much of the OT is. Is it Paul who provides the NT scriptural basis for the idea of homosexuality as sin? Because he had some pretty weird ideas about women and sex, too, that I think may have caused static in his direct line to God's word.

I have no idea why marriage can't be separated from the legal concept anyway, and be relegated to the church for the spiritual legitimizing. Let all consenting adults be joined under under the law in a non-discriminatory contract, and let the church "marry". If a church is ok with marrying gays, so be it.

I am trying very hard, but I just can't get beyond understanding your view to allowing it to punish a group to satisfy your religious based definition. It just doesn't do personal harm to you that I can see.
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