Subj : Re: Shutdown
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : jimmy anderson
Date : Tue Nov 04 2025 04:16 pm

-=> 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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