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Originally posted by CaptainCrunch@Dec 11 2004, 02:17 PM
And as I've said many times before i have no trouble with gays getting married and having thier marriages recognized by the state. However the state has no right in imposing its will on a religion that dosen't want to recognise it period.
With Canada's governments past history of trying to butt into how we raise our children and how thier education should be done, my only fear is that they are going to try to steam roll the church.
It has nothing to do with me being homophobic, or disliking thier life style. I personally couldn't care a less about what other people do with thier time or who thier dating or sleeping with.
I see this as shaping up to be a battle between church and state and lobby groups on both sides of the equation period. I also see this as forming up to be a battle between the courts and the provinces especially Alberta, and I'm not sure that in the end democracy will be represented, and those are my concerns.
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What the supreme court has decided is precisely that they WILL NOT interfere with what any church decides about gay marriage. They have explicitly said that it would be a violation of the charter of rights if they were to try to dictate what a church should and should not do. There will be no battle.
A marriage is a legal thing, not a religious thing. Religions do also recognize and take part in the creation of marriages but it is the legal, signed document that consitutes a marriage.
If your church chooses not to have homosexual ceremonies, so be it. That has nothing to do with whether or not they can become married.