(OT) : The Issue Is "Freedom of Religion" -and- 'The Separation of Church and State' -wrt- 'Civil Union' -versus- "Gay Marriage"
"John Smith" wrote in message
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On 10/4/2010 5:47 PM, (¯`·.¸Craig Chilton¸.·´¯)
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Right. And there are a LOT of benefits available to the legally-
married. And artificially/arbitrarily-added religious embellishments
add ZERO legal value to a marriage. They do NOTHING to legitimize
it.
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Brother, if you are getting married to collect government benefits, you
shouldn't be married in the first place.
He didn't say anything like that.
Any valid reason to marry has NOTHING what-so-ever to do with government
benefits ...
And yet those benefits *do* get conferred on married people.
Jim
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