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It's not beyond the reasonable to think a "right" to marry might result in Churches being forced to conduct them. If nothing else, Churches could easily see their tax-exempt status threatened as it now is over political activity. The thing is, my new found support for "gay-marriage" is strictly a "civil rights" thing; I don't see any real harm stemming from a "civil union" that shares the name marriage. The problem is that "civil" has morphed from the relationship between the State and the citizenry to a far broader meaning. That's how "civil rights" came to mean more than equal treatment by the government, but instead government mandates that private businesses and individuals be prohibited from discrimination in their commercial dealings.
It isn't a stretch to see Churches choosing between their privileges and their doctrines. |
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