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   -=> Kurt Weiske wrote to jimmy anderson <=-   
      
    -=> 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.   
      
    KW>  I was saying that domestic partnership should be a legal, governmental   
    KW>  union separate from the church, open to anyone who qualifies and equal   
    KW>  in benefits to a marriage.   
      
    KW>  Marriage should be a church function, and churches can marry who they   
    KW>  choose (or choose not to) but legal rights and benefits of a union   
    KW>  should be a separate function.   
      
    KW>  Let a gay couple file their taxes jointly, have the legal protections   
    KW>  married people have, have legal rights when it comes to medical care   
    KW>  for their partner and so on. Let the government determine those   
    KW> rights,   
    KW>  not a church.   
      
    KW>  The spiritual union belongs to the church, and that's completely   
    KW>  separate from the legal aspect.   
      
   Ah - gotcha - now I understand. Marriage is a 'Holy' sacrament per the   
   Catholic church, and is sacred to us Prot's as well. :-)   
      
   Isn't that already something today though? Domestic partnership? It's   
   that a legal thing?   
      
      
      
      
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