02-26-2004, 07:21 AM
Quote: The church doesn't seem to mind civil marriages to be refered to by the same name as their own religious marriages, but they are absolutely against allowing gays to marry... even if they are a devout, loving, caring catholic couple. So the church would rather be tied by language to an atheist couple, or a couple from any other religion, than to a catholic couple who happen to be gay. Wow. In other words, the church considers sexual orientation to be more important than faith. Interesting, as I said.
Actually, since you've singled out Catholicism:
The Catholic church does not only refuse to recognize civil unions as "marriages", but also refuse to acknowledge a marriage within another church as a "marriage" either. Flip side, a Catholic marriage certificate is accepted by ANY other Christian denomination.
My in-laws were actually remarried in the Catholic church 6 years after they first exchanged vows, for the sole purpose of having EVERY church acknowledge they were actually "married".
Whee.
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If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.