tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post8244580678844828852..comments2023-05-16T03:11:24.605-07:00Comments on DeliberateLife.com: Unaffected and Perfectly MerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-74851957443276012262009-02-26T17:12:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:12:00.000-08:00Oh I see, thanks for clarifying that. I was respon...Oh I see, thanks for clarifying that. <BR/>I was responding to your phrase, "Which they would be legally required to do. . . "<BR/><BR/>But I agree that churches are probably worried with some cause that the pressure to treat all couples in their membership equally would ramp up, if and when the law is no longer backing their biblical interpretations, and they have to defend and enforce it on their own.JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-87145175812711414162009-02-26T16:18:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:18:00.000-08:00That's not what I meant, JJ Ross. I meant that the...That's not what I meant, JJ Ross. I meant that the churches would be required to marry two same-sex individuals if the two desired it. Or at least the churches are afraid that would happen and then they would have to appear to support something that they don't believe in.Dark Spicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196632505007904073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-89849198840163191992009-02-26T15:35:00.000-08:002009-02-26T15:35:00.000-08:00I don't tink that's right, Gemini. Laws now don't ...I don't tink that's right, Gemini. Laws now don't tell churches who they must marry in a religious ritual! So why would legalizing secular same-sex marriage or making other changes to marriage law, be any different?JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-56162941388843013112009-02-26T11:48:00.000-08:002009-02-26T11:48:00.000-08:00I wish the US could do something like that, L. I h...I wish the US could do something like that, L. I have no personal issues with gay and lesbian people. They are free to make their choices as I am free to make mine. <BR/><BR/>The problem is that a church that doesn't believe in gay marriage shouldn't have to perform marriages for them. Which they would be legally required to do if marriage was changed to a union between two people of any gender. <BR/><BR/>We need a win-win situation where the churches don't have to perform marriage against their right and wrong code, but gay people can have the legal benefits of marriage and some sort of civil union.Dark Spicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196632505007904073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-30344131087410873082008-11-27T15:56:00.000-08:002008-11-27T15:56:00.000-08:00Cheers!I also arrived via EH. I'm another ex-pat ...Cheers!<BR/><BR/>I also arrived via EH. I'm another ex-pat (unfortunately forced by circumstances to return for a bit) living in Australia. Just a few days ago Parliament passed a law giving same-sex couples the same legal rights as unmarried <I>de facto</I> partners, who already have the same basic rights as married opposite-sex couples. So while the Marriage Act still specifically defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, they found a nice work-around. It's just not a big deal.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed your post.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641344807315265133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-37131622303623505602008-11-27T10:17:00.000-08:002008-11-27T10:17:00.000-08:00Thanks for the compliments. :) I also enjoyed you...Thanks for the compliments. :) I also enjoyed your post as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943257212890271016.post-81572410811133914962008-11-27T08:19:00.000-08:002008-11-27T08:19:00.000-08:00Found you via Evolved Homeschoolers and enjoyed yo...Found you via Evolved Homeschoolers and enjoyed your essay.<BR/><BR/>One of my oldest (living) friends has been in a committed family relationship with someone of her own sex for almost 20 years, which is nearly as long as I've been married to someone um, not of my same sex. <BR/><BR/>They now have a four-year-old son together who looks just like my friend, although her partner actually gave birth to him. I don't know or particularly care whether they are legally "married" except that I would want for them all the safeguards and rights and freedoms and social supports that my own unschooling family enjoys, even though we're pretty strange too. :)JJ Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493570025415687789noreply@blogger.com