Conservative double standards

Phil Osoraptor · Jan 21, 2014

pjohns said: ↑

(1) The Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) are hardly "welcoming" of homosexuality; and these are the dominant religions in America (not Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism).

(2)These are the facts:

Marriage, as it has traditionally been understood in America, is all about the union of one man and one woman. Utah--which is largely populated by Mormons--had some difficulty gaining membership to the Union; so the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) banned the practice of polygamy in 1890, and Utah was subsequently admitted.

Please note that there are actually two components to this understanding of marriage: (1) It is to be comprised of exactly two people; and (2) one is to be a man, and the other a woman.

To declare that one portion of this formula is subject to change, whereas the other is inviolate, would surely be arbitrary and capricious.

Therefore, there is really no good way to say that marriage should not be limited to those of opposite genders, but that it should prohibit polygymy (or its analogue, polyandry).

In short, this change would logically open the door to yet another major change in the definition of marriage; and that, notwithstanding the protestations of those who deeply desire same-sex marriage.

This amounts to a plea for marriage as a function of the state; whereas I see it exclusively as a sacrament of religious institutions,,,
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People grow and change.

Laws grow and change.

Religions grow and change.

Are we now for the sake of the definition of marriage; to just stop everything? Stop growing? Stop changing? Sit back down? Shut back up? Squash equality for the sake of strict definitions? Destroy individual freedoms so they don't infringe upon.... the definition of a single word?

Should we just send these gay people away and have them tell others that they are "joined" instead of "married", lest the definition of marriage have its definition amended? Lest the people that cling to that definition have their feelings hurt?

Freedom is worth risking your life for. A definition is most certainly not.

Patrick Henry didn't say, "Give me the strictest definition you have or give me death."

They would have laughed him off the floor.

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