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  • From: "Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Marriage and religion
  • Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:27:23 -0500

Great topic, I'm going to give my reply some thought before I post. But I
like the topic and I hope we can have a friendly discussion about it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:internetworkers-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Diana Duncan
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 3:17 PM
> To: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: [internetworkers] Marriage and religion
>
> I know, I know, very sensitive topic. But I am truly at a loss with
> the current arguments that marriage is the province of the churches,
> therefore shouldn't be recognized by states unless churches approve.
> As Craig and I are both atheists and our ceremony explicitly did not
> include the word "God", why is our marriage recognized by the
> governments? It was certainly not sanctified by any church. In fact,
> the state is in the business of providing secular marriages at court
> houses and judge's offices. How does calling the union of two people a
> civil union differ from these secular marriages? Will the current
> proposed changes to state and federal constitutions inadvertently
> reclassify all such marriages as civil unions?
>
> I truly am curious about serious answers to these questions. I don't
> know that any of you know the answer, but it's worth a try in this
> diverse forum.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Diana
>
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