i say this over and overChizzang wrote:JohnJohnStOnge wrote:
If a church wants to "marry" a couple of members of the same sex to each other and consider the marriage recognized by that church it should be free to do so.
But a community...whether that's defined as a church or a locality or a State or a nation...opting to limit its recognition of relationships as "marriage" only when they involve one member of one sex and one member of the opposite sex is not denying anybody Liberty. It's just not.
If the two members of the same sex want to think of themselves as married in their own hearts that's fine as well. Same with multiple partner things. If some guy and two women he lives with want to consider themselves married in their own hearts that's fine. But nobody else is obligated to recognize them as such and they're not restricting anybodys freedom if they don't.
There is absolutely no contradiction between being a Libertarian and saying that a community should be allowed to define marriage as it wishes to define it. In fact supporting having the Federal government come in and FORCE the community to recognize relationships as marriage when it doesn't want to is far more offensive to a true Libertarian point of view than having the community define marriage as one man and one woman or whatever else is.
As I understand it no Church is being forced to marry anybody...
Nor is any church being forced to "recognize" anything
The STATE is being forced to recognized (for Tax reasons and other legal advantages)
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its pretty simple really -
The Federal Government and State Governments need to get out of the Marriage business
nobody listens
then clitz says it
and its harvard truth or some other goofy shit










