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5. Whether they realize their goal or not

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Feb 26, 2024, 01:28 PM

Feb 2024

Republicans will not stop in their efforts to control people's lives, and force themselves into people’s privacy and thwart their happiness, if there is something in that happiness that they don’t like. They arrogant, mean, smug and unbelievably petty. How did a whole political party get this way? Just because “GOP” and “NSDAP” both end with a P, or what?

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Tennessee Governor Rolls Back Marriage Equality in Just Once Sentence [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2024 OP

Tennessee is in the toilet due to Gov. Lee and his cohorts in congress. spanone Feb 2024 #1

Idiot. Sentence means a marriage is solemnized even if no person does the solemnization. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2024 #2

And in some states, pregnant women can't get divorced. Diamond_Dog Feb 2024 #3

So if I'm to understand it Mad_Machine76 Feb 2024 #4

I have no issue with clergy not being required to solemnize a marriage that is contrary to their beliefs. TomSlick Feb 2024 #11

I'm not either Mad_Machine76 Feb 2024 #14

Of course. TomSlick Feb 2024 #15

Whether they realize their goal or not DFW Feb 2024 #5

If marriage is a religious institution, what religion is/are judges, notaries public, and elected officials practicing? keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #6

Marriage is a legal joining, which can involve a religious ceremony. Fla Dem Feb 2024 #8

Yep! That's my point. Make it a legal contract, unrelated to religion. The benefits can be just as legal. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #9

Marriage is a matter of contract. TomSlick Feb 2024 #12

Yep. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #13

One step at the time. Chainfire Feb 2024 #7

Yeah, really awkward and ambiguous language Beausoleil Feb 2024 #10