A Nice Rant on the Legalities of Marriage and the Separation of Church and State
To: sfj_deanza@yahoogroups.com
From: bamitssam@sbcglobal.net
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:15:48 -0800
Subject: Re: [sfj_deanza] Join The Impact Protest of Prop 8
The United States was founded on racism- and our country was built on slavery, does that mean that we should go back to that also? Just because our country was founded on a flawed concept doesn’t mean that it’s just or fair.
Also, whatever happened to seperation between church and state? There are many religions in this country, not just Christianity. The great thing about America (or the supposed great thing) is that this country is a mix of all different races, ethnicities, cultures, beliefs, and religions. It doesn’t matter how many percent of the nation is Christian, religion has no place in government.
If marriage was just a Christian concept then the religious authorities could invent their own rules and regulations and conduct the ceromonies in any way that it pleased. However, marriage is not a one- religion ceremony. It takes place within every culture and within every relgion (including Agnostics and Athiests). So why then, does a group think that it can determine how marriage is performed for everybody? Why do they have a right to say who can and cannot get married? Marriage is a government issue (hense the marriage license), and therefore has nothing to do with religion.
peace,
Samiyah
