by Karshkovia » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:26 am
by Greater Cabinda » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:27 am
by Dyakovo » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:29 am
by Unchecked Expansion » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:29 am
by Hardened Pyrokinetics » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:30 am
Unchecked Expansion wrote:Hang, on, I've got a crazy idea - government hands out marriage licenses to any consenting couple regardless of gender, and people stop throwing a hissy fit over people doing what they don't like.
No-one wants to force homophobic churches to marry two men or women. I'm not sure who would want to get married by someone who hates them.
Pope Joan wrote:I had a client who stole the magnetic flashing light from the top of a police car.
It was parked in front of his house because they were asking his parents about his theft of 100 pounds of copper wire from the high school.
Galloism wrote:I bet it takes a lot of weed to get stoned to death.
New Manvir wrote:Canada: We have flying bears.
greed and death wrote:It is a sad day when we criticize the President for honoring a solider who gave everything for his nation.
by Karshkovia » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:31 am
Greater Cabinda wrote:Compromise isn't always the best solution, bud.
by Greater Cabinda » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:32 am
by Ashmoria » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:32 am
by Greater Cabinda » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:32 am
Hardened Pyrokinetics wrote:Unchecked Expansion wrote:Hang, on, I've got a crazy idea - government hands out marriage licenses to any consenting couple regardless of gender, and people stop throwing a hissy fit over people doing what they don't like.
No-one wants to force homophobic churches to marry two men or women. I'm not sure who would want to get married by someone who hates them.
Yeah, just go with this already America.
by Free Soviets » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:33 am
by Hardened Pyrokinetics » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:34 am
Free Soviets wrote:i have a better idea:
obligatory gay marriages for everyone
you have 3 months to find your same-sex spouse-to-be. if you do not find one, one will be assigned to you. and because we don't want all these gay marriages to undermine the tradition of marriage, no divorces!
Pope Joan wrote:I had a client who stole the magnetic flashing light from the top of a police car.
It was parked in front of his house because they were asking his parents about his theft of 100 pounds of copper wire from the high school.
Galloism wrote:I bet it takes a lot of weed to get stoned to death.
New Manvir wrote:Canada: We have flying bears.
greed and death wrote:It is a sad day when we criticize the President for honoring a solider who gave everything for his nation.
by Lackadaisical2 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:34 am
Dyakovo wrote:That's not a compromise... That's giving the homophobes what they want...
The Republic of Lanos wrote:Proud member of the Vile Right-Wing Noodle Combat Division of the Imperialist Anti-Socialist Economic War Army Ground Force reporting in.
by Dyakovo » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:35 am
by EvilDarkMagicians » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:35 am
by Free Soviets » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:36 am
Unchecked Expansion wrote:No-one wants to force homophobic churches to marry two men or women.
by Flameswroth » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:36 am
Czardas wrote:Why should we bail out climate change with billions of dollars, when lesbians are starving in the streets because they can't afford an abortion?
Reagan Clone wrote:What you are proposing is glorifying God by loving, respecting, or at least tolerating, his other creations.
That is the gayest fucking shit I've ever heard, and I had Barry Manilow perform at the White House in '82.
by Dyakovo » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:37 am
Free Soviets wrote:i have a better idea:
obligatory gay marriages for everyone
you have 3 months to find your same-sex spouse-to-be. if you do not find one, one will be assigned to you. and because we don't want all these gay marriages to undermine the tradition of marriage, no divorces!
by Karshkovia » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:38 am
Greater Cabinda wrote:Compromise isn't always the best solution, bud.
Dyakovo wrote:That's not a compromise... That's giving the homophobes what they want...
Unchecked Expansion wrote:Hang, on, I've got a crazy idea - government hands out marriage licenses to any consenting couple regardless of gender, and people stop throwing a hissy fit over people doing what they don't like.
No-one wants to force homophobic churches to marry two men or women. I'm not sure who would want to get married by someone who hates them.
by Farnhamia » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:39 am
Karshkovia wrote:First off, this isn't a rant for or against gay marriage but a possible solution that could be acceptable to all sides of the issue.
My thought is that Instead of issuing marriage licenses, the Government would be limited to issuing 'civil union licenses' instead for any couple, gay or straight with the same rights currently associated with marriage licenses. If a couple wishes to be married, they could find a church which then would perform a marriage ceremony over the couple and sanctify it by whatever religious belief that couple chose. This way, churches that refuse to marry gay couples wouldn't need to, and those churches that welcomed gay couples would be allowed to marry them.
In the Government's eyes, all people...all couples...would be equal via civil unions. The large religious sects wouldn't be able to force their views/beliefs on the entire populous. "Marriage" would probably still be used by the general public to talk about these unions regardless if a marriage ceremony was performed by a church or not....and being married in a church wouldn't do anything more than provide a ceremony for the couple...as it is now.
Again, a win-win for all sides.
by Buffett and Colbert » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:39 am
Dyakovo wrote:That's not a compromise... That's giving the homophobes what they want...
You-Gi-Owe wrote:If someone were to ask me about your online persona as a standard of your "date-ability", I'd rate you as "worth investigating further & passionate about beliefs". But, enough of the idle speculation on why you didn't score with the opposite gender.
by Libertarian Mesa » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:42 am
by Living Freedom Land » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:43 am
Free Soviets wrote:i have a better idea:
obligatory gay marriages for everyone
you have 3 months to find your same-sex spouse-to-be. if you do not find one, one will be assigned to you. and because we don't want all these gay marriages to undermine the tradition of marriage, no divorces!
by Seperate Vermont » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:43 am
by The Parkus Empire » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:43 am
Karshkovia wrote:(what is by nature a religious event).
by Greater Cabinda » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:44 am
Libertarian Mesa wrote:I like it. A great compromise! Gay rights and democratic rights are not violated.
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