After Kim Davis is jailed, clerk's office issues marriage license to gay couple (Moved)

[Archivist]

Exactly.

Wrong. I was there. It happened.

 

[TLK Valentine]

And in the present, marriage still means the same thing. Welcome to reality.

The reality is that darn near anyone can perform a wedding ceremony these days and have it legally recognized... "God" has nothing to do with it; hasn't for a while.

 

[TheoNewstoss]

The US Supreme Court says otherwsie. Welcome top the real reality.

In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that the children of slaves born in the United States weren't citizens and could not be offered constitutional protections under the law.

I don't define my reality by what the Supreme Court says. Obviously you do, hence the difference.

 

[Belk]

Great counter argument.

Why on earth would I post a counter argument to your assertion?

 

[Paulos23]

If they're members of the opposite sex, marriage.

But if it is done in the courthouse, is it religious marriage since it was not done in a church or a minister?

 

[TheoNewstoss]

The reality is that darn near anyone can perform a wedding ceremony these days and have it legally recognized... "God" has nothing to do with it; hasn't for a while.

That's because what you're calling "marriage" isn't actually marriage. That "marriage" has no real meaning.

 

[TheoNewstoss]

Why on earth would I post a counter argument to your assertion?

Why on earth would you post that?

 

[TLK Valentine]

That's your story and you're sticking to it, that is, until if flounders under the weight of any scrutiny.

Then provide some scrutiny -- do more than assert.

 

[Paulos23]

That's because what you're calling "marriage" isn't actually marriage. That "marriage" has no real meaning.

It has legal meaning, which is important to the state and the married couple looking for legal rights.

 

[TheoNewstoss]

But if it is done in the courthouse, is it religious marriage since it was not done in a church or a minister?

Marriage is a religious institution. So yes, it's still marriage so long as it fits the definition of what a marriage is.

 

[TLK Valentine]

That's because what you're calling "marriage" isn't actually marriage. That "marriage" has no real meaning.

Not to you, perhaps -- but how much weight does your opinion carry?

 

[Paulos23]

Marriage is a religious institution. So yes, it's still marriage so long as it fits the definition of what a marriage is.

Which religion then? Under which religion did I get married under, as an atheist?

 

[TheoNewstoss]

Then provide some scrutiny -- do more than assert.

I tried that, remember? You told me to talk to a lawyer.

 

[TheoNewstoss]

Which religion then? Under which religion did I get married under, as an atheist?

The only one that's reflective of the existent objective reality, Christianity.

 

[Archivist]

Marriage is a religious institution. So yes, it's still marriage so long as it fits the definition of what a marriage is.

Actually it can be secular, or religious or both.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Marriage is a religious institution. So yes, it's still marriage so long as it fits the definition of what a marriage is.

Marriage is also a civil contract.

 

[Chicken Little]

http://www.americasfreedomfighters....ght-marriages-no-jail-time-no-media-outrage/# three years in jail should do it !

 

[TheoNewstoss]

Not to you, perhaps -- but how much weight does your opinion carry?

Likewise. So then how do we decide? Oh wait, as you said before, I need to talk to a lawyer.

 

[TLK Valentine]

The only one that's reflective of the existent objective reality, Christianity.

So the government is endorsing Christianity by recognizing marriages?

 

[Archivist]

In Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Supreme Court ruled that the children of slaves born in the United States weren't citizens and could not be offered constitutional protections under the law.
I don't define my reality by what the Supreme Court says. Obviously you do, hence the difference.

And Dred Scott was overruled. Nice try.