The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104394   Message #2140924
Posted By: Little Hawk
04-Sep-07 - 05:39 PM
Thread Name: BS: On Same-Sex Marriages
Subject: RE: BS: On Same-Sex Marriages
Boy, now I'm getting confused... ;-)

How does someone else's marriage choice affect my rights? The only thing that can directly affect my rights is a law restricting my behaviour, seems to me. If I were restricted by law from marrying the person of my choice, then that would be an attack on my rights.

What do I care who the other guy (or gal) decides to marry? Like I said before, that's his or her cross to bear. If people want to marry, they obviously have an important emotional connection don't they? What does that have to do with my rights?

If they wanted to alter the rules of a church I was in, of course, then I would be concerned. As I'm not in any church, I'm not facing that particular issue. If I were, then I would face the issue within that church, but not outside it. Yes...I can understand that congregations are having trouble dealing with the issue when it comes to things like gay marriage within the congregation....gays entering the ministry...etc.

Okay, fine, so it's a problem for them. I guess they'll work it out whichever way they collectively decide to as time goes by. Fine with me. It's not really my business, is it?