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Old 04-04-2012, 08:18 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by sarettah View Post
What? Churches are not forced to marry anyone or endorse marriages of anyone they don't want to. Nobody has proposed changing that.

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anti discrimination laws apply to churches too

a church can't for example deny black people the right to marry without getting sued

legalizing same sex marriages would open churches to those same anti discrimination laws since gays and lesbians are a recognized minority.

Legalize gay marriage (a religious institution) is all about making that possible

making civil unions (the government side of the institution) legally equivalent is about equality.
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