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Originally posted by AlphaGamDiva
i'm not going to say much on this b/c i agree that there should be no marriage ammendment....so i'll make this as short as i can and hope that i am not taken out of context. <snip>
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As a Christian, I can understand why you're upset, but the thruth of the matter is, there was a time in this country where Christianity was the norm and the daily life of its people relied heavily on Christian traditions. It isn't that way anymore and our country needs to change to reflect that. We have been so used to doing 'whatever we wanted' with regards to our religion in this country, it may seem that we're being 'stifled' or 'discriminated' against, when in reality, we're not. It's not going to be easy to learn, but we're going to have to.
You know, if my very Conservative, very Lutheran father (who was very upset when my sister converted to Catholicism to marry her husband) can come to terms and be accepting of his lesbian cousin living with her life partner, I think there is hope for the rest of the country.
Point of information: the words "Under God" weren't added to the Pledge of Allegiance until
1954. A time in our post-war country when Christian Conservativity (is that even a word?) was at an all-time high. We seemed to do okay for 60 years prior to that, I think we'll be okay now.