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[eppie]

I checked this thread out now for a couple of days and like more of these kinds of ethical threads it ends in the back and forth, throwing of historical facts. Preferably biblical, and more than 2000 years old.

I don't know what mister Bush is upto with his complaints about that major of SF. Probably it is some kind of election stunt, but I heard also John Kerry opposes gay-marriage. I would have rather seen that Bush worried a bit more about the ongoing scandals in the katholic church for example.
I can imagine that a lot of religiously driven people have problems with gay-marriage because apparantly it is forbidden (says the bible which I did not read, often I think that I want to read it (for in threads like this), but than again ..) But I think the US which always calls itsself the land of the free, should clearly divide church and state. In holland gay marriage is legal, and I think it helps gay people to have this feeling of really belonging to eachother. I cannot blame them, and I also don't think I have the right to (as long as they don't bother other people with it) judge about other peoples life.
eppie