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Originally posted by ktsnake
Gay marriage is not an issue between the man and man or woman or woman (or whatever). It effects everyone's pocket book. If it happens, we all will end up with higher insurance premiums and higher taxes (fair to assume that since less tax money and insurance would be collected on account of more married people).
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But with that reasoning, we should also deny marriage rights to black people, because that would make the marriage rate go down and thus the rest of us will have lower insurance premiums and lower taxes! Or why not deny marriage rights to all non-Christians? Or anyone under the age of 60?
I agree with you that gay marriage is not just a "bedroom issue," but that's not a valid reason for keeping it illegal.
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Originally posted by Cloud9
I always keep in mind that the bible was orally passed, written, rewritten, translated, retranslated, edited, and re-edited by man. Man is fallable. And often the men of religion have had other agendas besides simply sharing the truth of faith. Just a sidenote...
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Exactly. The Bible is NOT the word of God. It is the word of God passed down through and described by many, many men.
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Originally posted by erniegurl00
I might be going out on a limb for this, but why do we take some things in the Bible so darn literally but other things we just "skip" over?
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Way too many people apply the Bible to just the parts of their life that they want to apply it to. I know plenty of people who condemn homosexuality while participating in pre-marital sex, and that is just crazy. If you're following everything in the Bible to the letter, that's great -- but I have yet to meet a Christian who is.