But what if the courts violate the Constitution? If the government and law represent the people then I don't see a purer form than the voice of the people.
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Apple Among 60 Companies to File Statement with U.S. Supreme Court Backing Gay Marriage
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But what if the courts violate the Constitution? If the government and law represent the people then I don't see a purer form than the voice of the people.
Nicely put.
I also read a very neat point somewhere recently:
"Why should who you love decide how much tax you pay?"
And marriage is not some immutable concept. The meaning, arrangement and purpose of marriage has changed dramatically over the centuries, even amongst nominally Christian nations.
It does affect businesses.
If Apple wants to offer its employees benefits (e.g. Healthcare), the lack of Gay Marriage in a particular state may make it more expensive for them to do that.
Those costs make it more expensive to employ people, and that's ultimately not good for business - or the government.
Well, first off, a lot of people misunderstand a churches tax exempt status. It isn't any different than any other non-profit, including gay rights groups!
Beyond that, no, I don't think a Church should be forced to marry someone they don't think they should marry. Even if I disagree with their choice. You may disagree with me on that, and that's perfectly okay. But that's the way I feel. I question though, why a gay person would want to get married in a church that was only doing it because the government told them they had to? There are tens of thousands of churches in the US of A that support and affirm gay marriage, there's a courthouse in every county, the Gay community does not need those conservative churches, why should we complicate the issue by enforcing gay marriage when they aren't even enforcing heterosexual marriage? (A church can refuse to marry someone because of prior divorce, or just about any other reason if that's what they think is right)
Really.... Marry your mom, or Dad, or maybe your daughter, sister? Why not? No need to draw any boundaries...
Are you calling same-sex marriage a sin? Because the list of such silly "sins" is
a list of common practices/occurrences
Who cares who marries who? It's up to them to be honest.
I love how the Rainbow Apple logo is being used for this article, kinda ironic ^.^
I love how the Rainbow Apple logo is being used for this article, kinda ironic ^.^
No, it's not.
If you're gay, serve in the military and married in a state the recognizes same sex marriage, shouldn't the government recognize it and your spouse receive the same benefits as an opposite sex marriage?
Currently they do not. Which means that soldier is considered less a person than the soldier fighting beside them.
That is one example.
Now replace military with any public job or company.
I was under the impression that marriage is one way for you to profess your unconditional love to someone else.
If what you're implying is that someone else marrying a dog or two gay men marrying one another is suddenly going to devalue your marriage, then surely your unconditional profession of love suddenly just turned into a conditional one on the basis of the above two groups refraining from marrying?
Yep, that's exactly what I'm saying.
Interesting though, that once I admitted to being a Christian folks started attacking me, even though I agree with them. They only read as far as 'Christian' and started making assumptions!
That is false. The institution of marriage predates religion, and it has always been man and woman. Religion is only a secondary and minor consideration in the question of marriage and its definition.
I'm a single female. Should I go protesting to to Supreme Court because married couples get certain tax benefits that single people don't? Am I being discriminated against?
While I don't think someone should be discriminated against because they are gay, I abhor the "Born that way" argument. Not saying that people aren't born gay, but genetics is not a free pass for behavior. Many criminals have genetic propensities for violence, but we don't condone that. So, please, please use a better argument than "I'm genetically predisposed so it's OK."
You didn't answer my question.
If it's OK to be bigoted towards gay people, why not black people too?
This is not about getting married in a church. It's about having the rights and benefits that come with being married.
The problem with what you're saying is that you can't provide a reason why it's not OK.
IMO you sure are. It's a conservative and traditionalist idea that a certain family type gets federal / state benefits whereas other family types don't. Unnecessary social engineering and experimenting that appears to incentivise people to conform to one way of living.
As long as Apple doesn't shove it in my face I'll keep using their products. But if they do I'll have no problem dumping them like I've done with Amazon and JCPenney. I'd love to do it with Google and Microsoft but its damn near impossible.
Wow. Really?
If Google and Microsoft get in support of gay marriage, I suppose someone will have to fork a gay-free distro of Linux for the anti-gay community.
The difference is that a criminal harms others by their criminal act while two people of the same sex doesn't.
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