2008 Woodie Awards
How Can Civil Unions Be Considered Ungodly When Church and State Are Separated
Koren Frankfort
Issue date: 3/25/04 Section: Opinion
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Arguments to prevent same sex marriage from being recognized by the United States Constitution are unconstitutional because. The reason for this is that those opposed to same sex marriage are stating that the sanctity of marriage must be protected. In other words, the holiness of marriage, the saintliness of marriage, the piety, the purity, the SACREDNESS - of marriage must be protected. Sanctity is a word of religious context, however, when a "straight couple" wants to get married without religious context, they can be married by a judge.
A civil marriage is a marriage sought by people who either cannot be married by a religious group, or if they have beliefs that do not dictate the necessity of a religious ceremony.
Sanctity is not involved in legal marriage. It is an institution. So, how can the federal government prohibit something that is only done for asset protection, medical/insurance purposes, and child rearing, by creating a federal definition of sanctity, which technically should be illegal as there is a separation of church and state.
Upon watching a debate on this subject, a man stated that this country was founded on religion, Christian religion, and that marriage in this country should parallel the beliefs that were had by our founding fathers. Falsehoods. This country was not only founded by those looking to escape religious persecution, but was founded on the basis that all are free to believe what they want to believe.
Also, there are many different Christian Churches in the United States, which Christian belief are those long winded politicians speaking of? The Episcopalian Church allows gay priests. If they allow gays to relay the word of God, they can not think too lowly of homosexuality.
Freedom of religion. The First Amendment states that no one can be judged for their religion or the practices therein, and marriage is a ceremonial practice of a religion. The Unitarian Universalist Church wants to marry gay couples, but are not legally affirmed. Apparently, their idea of sanctity isn't American enough.
A civil marriage is a marriage sought by people who either cannot be married by a religious group, or if they have beliefs that do not dictate the necessity of a religious ceremony.
Sanctity is not involved in legal marriage. It is an institution. So, how can the federal government prohibit something that is only done for asset protection, medical/insurance purposes, and child rearing, by creating a federal definition of sanctity, which technically should be illegal as there is a separation of church and state.
Upon watching a debate on this subject, a man stated that this country was founded on religion, Christian religion, and that marriage in this country should parallel the beliefs that were had by our founding fathers. Falsehoods. This country was not only founded by those looking to escape religious persecution, but was founded on the basis that all are free to believe what they want to believe.
Also, there are many different Christian Churches in the United States, which Christian belief are those long winded politicians speaking of? The Episcopalian Church allows gay priests. If they allow gays to relay the word of God, they can not think too lowly of homosexuality.
Freedom of religion. The First Amendment states that no one can be judged for their religion or the practices therein, and marriage is a ceremonial practice of a religion. The Unitarian Universalist Church wants to marry gay couples, but are not legally affirmed. Apparently, their idea of sanctity isn't American enough.