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ejpoeta

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6. here is the problem I have with these arguments...

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 07:50 PM

Jan 2012

they are based on one person's religious beliefs. Is it right to legislate a person's religious beliefs? They have no argument other than they think it's wrong. And they think it's wrong because their religious beliefs say so. That is not a reason. We do not legislate religious beliefs because we are not only representing people like santorum. We are representing everyone... and that includes people who do not believe in the bible or what the christian right believes. There is nothing forcing these people to enter into a gay marriage. They are trying to impose their religious beliefs on everyone else.

Please tell me how this is any different than the Taliban going around forcing THEIR beliefs on everyone in Afghanistan or Pakistan or wherever? I mean sure no on is throwing acid on girls going to school here but they are trying to impose their religious ideas on the rest of us. The state nor the federal government should not be legislating religious beliefs. We are all free to believe or not believe privately. Period.

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here is the problem I have with these arguments... ejpoeta Jan 2012 #6

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you don't need the state for a marriage. I was with my husband ten years before we got married. ejpoeta Jan 2012 #37

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