tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21235517.post7300207645722875804..comments2023-06-17T05:11:26.775-04:00Comments on Heartsong's Hymnal: Gay Rights - Newsweek Poll ResultsAutumn Heartsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13533064862881845253noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21235517.post-87594179011891595432008-12-07T18:28:00.000-05:002008-12-07T18:28:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, Zephyr, Yvonne, and Chris...Thanks for the comments, Zephyr, Yvonne, and Chris.<BR/><BR/>Chris, you and I are saying the same thing, actually. When you have time, read "Marriage, the Law, and Doing the Right Thing Twice" (posted November 15)...I suggest there almost exactly what you describe, and for the same reasons. The Catholic church has done that very thing for as long as I've had any awareness; the Church will not Autumn Heartsonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13533064862881845253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21235517.post-57874494263393583122008-12-07T17:40:00.000-05:002008-12-07T17:40:00.000-05:00Beauty graphics. I think I agree, but I'm not sure...Beauty graphics. <BR/><BR/>I think I agree, but I'm not sure. Marriage has two aspects: civil and religious. In terms of the civil aspects, gays should have every single enumerated right as everyone else. Marriage, in terms of the government's view, is a contract between two consenting parties.<BR/><BR/>If the [insert church name here] church doesn't want to recognize that marriage as blessed Chris Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645758177780968559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21235517.post-25503347823014422062008-12-07T16:38:00.000-05:002008-12-07T16:38:00.000-05:00I like your thinking on this issue. Great write up...I like your thinking on this issue. Great write up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21235517.post-23969973206809419152008-12-06T11:54:00.000-05:002008-12-06T11:54:00.000-05:00I don't get it, either, Momma. You know why we do...I don't get it, either, Momma. You know why we don't get it? Because our stance on this issue has more to do with open minded analysis and logic rather than emotion. We haven't allowed ourselves to be lured onto that slippery slope that says that the world as we know it will end and the sky will fall and apocalypse will commense if gays marry. The sad thing is that we can point out the glaringAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com