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   -=> jimmy anderson wrote to Kurt Weiske <=-   
      
    ja> Maybe I misread it. Are you saying that marriage at a CHURCH shouldn't   
    ja> be a prerequisite? I thought you meant marriage itself shouldn't   
    ja> be nessesary, to which I replied about the Creator.   
      
    I was saying that domestic partnership should be a legal, governmental   
    union separate from the church, open to anyone who qualifies and equal   
    in benefits to a marriage.   
      
    Marriage should be a church function, and churches can marry who they   
    choose (or choose not to) but legal rights and benefits of a union   
    should be a separate function.   
      
    Let a gay couple file their taxes jointly, have the legal protections   
    married people have, have legal rights when it comes to medical care   
    for their partner and so on. Let the government determine those rights,   
    not a church.   
      
    The spiritual union belongs to the church, and that's completely   
    separate from the legal aspect.   
      
      
      
      
      
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