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Old 06-27-2011, 02:41 PM
BluPhire BluPhire is offline
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Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post
Sorry, BluPhire, but you did miss my point and you still appear to miss my point, though you're getting closer. I'm not talking about making any societal upheavals, nor did I suggest changing how we do things. And I didn't say we operate under a religious standard or need to transition to a civil standard. I said we confuse and conflate the civil standard and the religious standard -- that's what my use of "entangled" and "intertwined" referred to -- and that the confusion and conflation has consequences when it comes to how we talk about marriage.

Way upthread, Tulip86 asked;My point was that the answer to her question lies, at least in part, in how the countries she mentions draw a sharper distinction than we historically have done between marriage in the religious sense and marriage in the civil sense.

Well Dr Phil did point out the fact that I asked somebody SMARTER to do a better job than me.

I do get it now. You are correct.
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