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llama64 · 12-08-2006, 01:14 PM

Marriage is a civil economic agreement between two persons. This is all the government should recognize. Whatever extra meanings people want to attach to it are none of the government's concern. This is essential to keeping the separation between Church and State.

To deny gay/lesbian marriage is to deny that they are persons under the law, which would be in violation of the charter of rights. They can re-open this as many times as they like, but it will always be struck down unless they scrapped our constitution (something NO PARTY will ever do).

It's a dead issue. Why does it keep coming up?

** on a side note: Any religion can and should enforce it's own beliefs on the matter. If a Church doesn't want to approve of a marriage, it should have the full consitutional right to deny it. They should not be liable for discrimination for refusing (which is something some people are arguing for). **

12-08-2006, 01:14 PM	#20
llama64 First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: /dev/null Exp:	Marriage is a civil economic agreement between two persons. This is all the government should recognize. Whatever extra meanings people want to attach to it are none of the government's concern. This is essential to keeping the separation between Church and State. To deny gay/lesbian marriage is to deny that they are persons under the law, which would be in violation of the charter of rights. They can re-open this as many times as they like, but it will always be struck down unless they scrapped our constitution (something NO PARTY will ever do). It's a dead issue. Why does it keep coming up? on a side note: Any religion can and should enforce it's own beliefs on the matter. If a Church doesn't want to approve of a marriage, it should have the full consitutional right to deny it. They should not be liable for discrimination for refusing (which is something some people are arguing for). Last edited by llama64; 12-08-2006 at 01:16 PM.