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To: Brumar89 who wrote (550816)	2/18/2010 9:33:27 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572928

I would be against that. Here's why. We have freedom of religion in this country. What that means is that a religion's leaders can define the religion to be whatever it wants it to be. If they believe that being gay is a sin, then as ignorant as that is, so be it. That religion should be allowed to refuse the performance of any rituals that would not be consistent with their philosophy. No government should force them to do otherwise. However, my stance on gay rites is somewhat more practical, as befitting a centrist. I don't believe that any church should be forced to perform gay marriages, but I do believe that gays should be allowed to get a civil union done and a certificate of that union that is good in all 50 states from our government. That union should give them all the rights my wife and I have under the law. There's no reason for our country not to allow that. The age of ignorance and intolerance is past. We all need to grow up and stop enforcing our own beliefs on others. Live and let live is my philosophy.