11-19-2003, 05:55 PM
Quote:unless they can come up with some smart way to justify denying marriage licenses to gays that doesn't involve the usual argument that marriage is "a sacred institution between a man and a woman"
Well...I guess the main reason for that argument being brought up all the time is because that's what it says in the bible. I mean, in order to get married, a person would have to go to some kind of church or another to make it legitimate (or about as far as I know he or she would). So, as I take it, since people can't seem to find anything about marriage between the same sex being okay, in effect, it would simply go against what is normally being taught.
I'm not sure if I gave a very good explanation of why this issue is commonly raised in defence of anti-gay marriage, so the only thing I can think of right now is to parallel it off with is the NAACP practicing discrimination. Kind of countering what was orignally set up, no?