Get government out of marriage!
It is not conservative to have government marriage.
It is not progressive to support the remnants of a racist system.
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April 27, 2013
The Racist Origins of Government Marriage in America
March 27, 2013
Someone with a equals sign profile picture just told me that marriage is between two people. I pointed out that he was a bigot for using government force to place his will against polygamists.
March 26, 2013
If the government recognizes gay marriage, will supporters turn their attention to the plight of polygamists? Or will they be ignored because their love isn’t as cool and popular?
March 26, 2013
You can’t seriously say that you are for marriage “equality” while still supporting a system that will ban polygamists and other “marriage minorities” from getting married.
You simply support imposing your definition of marriage on others with government force so long as it suits your sensibilities. You just have a different definition than the “Christian bigots” you claim to hate. Isn’t that interesting?
March 20, 2013
"Government does not exist to force us into contracts, it exists to enforce contracts. There is all the difference in the world between the two."
October 28, 2012
"2. Civil marriage, if it does not obey the natural law of marriage is but a parody of the sacrament and that mockery is insulting to the Church and to God. It is in that sense an example of the state declaring its authority over the Church, claiming for itself the right to marry people. It therefore upsets the natural order under which the law of God is always higher than the law of man."
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Then why do we insist that all heterosexual couples seek the permission of the State before getting married?
This step is entirely unnecessary and the reason for unneeded civil strife.
State licensing of marriage is an invention of atheist enlightenment thinkers. There’s no reason to defend it as an article of faith.
And if the State “parodies” marriage by licensing gays to marry, how is allowing people to get married by Elvis at 2am in a drive thru not a parody?
August 30, 2012
I fail I see why
While the Santorum’s of the world are fighting gay marriage, they are not fighting to make divorce more difficult, or to make adultery illegal.
Marriage in our society was in a terrible state before the gay movement grew.
It seems strange to think that if we keep the State from redefining marriage in regards to gays, all will be okay; while the State itself is a terrible guardian of the institution of marriage.
We take marriage in the Church much more seriously than the State ever will, and to insist that the State has a legitimate role in licensing marriages that we ourselves would have problems with is false.
Is the state licensing someone who has been divorced 7 times to get married good for marriage?
Is the State granting divorce to someone who “just feels like divorcing” safeguarding marriage?
Is the State licensing a couple to get married by Elvis in Las Vegas good for marriage?
Does the state require counseling, retreats, and discernment before it licenses a marriage?
We DO look inconsistent and hypocritical when we fight gay marriage and do nothing about Elvis marriage in Vegas. So stop acting like gays living together (which they already do) will end society as we know it.
When we stop looking to government to solve this issue, we will finally find our solution.
August 1, 2012
"I think everybody should stop consuming products from companies whose leadership have morals that they disagree with. I think this is safe because we all know corporate america as a whole is founded on integrity and equal opportunity and wouldn’t dare to exploit anybody for the sake of profit. Or maybe we can just decide on a case by case basis. For example, if we disagree with a CEO that doesn’t believe gay marriage should be legal then we should boycott it, that’s a horrific offense that deserves public ridicule. But if a clothing company exploits thousands and thousands of child workers in asia… that’s not THAT bad we should keep buying their products. Or if an automotive manufacturer dumps chemicals in water sources.. we can live with that and still buy cars. Or if US farm subsidies cause such inflation in farming products that it makes it impossible for farmers in developing countries to sell their products at any reasonable price and people starve.. we can still purchase goods from grocery stores right? BUT DAMNIT something that should grab all the headlines is one old white ceo expressing what most old white people in america believe. Let’s all wear Levi’s jeans, drive to Chic Fa Le in our automobiles and protest outside while eating food we bought at grocery stores. WE WON’T STAND FOR INJUSTICE!!!"
— Friend on Facebook
August 1, 2012
June 10, 2012
"The State has already redefined marriage by taking it over. Marriage was once a religious institution. Now it’s an instrument used to tax and regulate our social behavior. It’s quite Socialist, our institution of marriage these days."
— Judge Andrew Napolitano
May 14, 2012
"However, Catholics should be concerned that, first, the government thinks it can define marriage and is involved in people’s relationships at all (this is a GROSS violation of governmental power) and second, that it thinks denying legal rights (to choose whom you want as next of kin, legal decision maker, insurance partner, etc,) should be predicated on anything other than you’re a human being and a citizen."
— BadWolfComplex
May 10, 2012
Hey guys!
Remember when North Carolina banned gay marriage and all the gays broke up and stopped living together?
That was awesome!
May 10, 2012
How to win a culture war and lose a generation
“We are tired of fighting, tired of vain efforts to advance the Kingdom through politics and power, tired of drawing lines in the sand, tired of being known for what we are against, not what we are for.”
May 9, 2012
Marriage and Freedom of Association
As free people in a (supposedly) free society. We have a natural right to associate freely with one another. So long as you and I (and even others) are happily and consensually together and not interfering with others, we should be able to do more or less whatever we want (in the eyes of the state). The role of government is to be there in case the rights of a person or their property are violated.
In the case of marriage, government should only be involved when the parties break up and cannot split their possessions amicably, and need a neutral arbiter to do so. Government should not be in the business of deciding who can and cannot be considered married in the first place. This is a violation of our natural right to freely associate with one another.
If I want to consider myself married to a man, I should have the right to live with that man free from interference from the State. If I want to marry a Black woman, I should have the right to live with that person free from interference from the State. When this principle is not followed, very bad things happen:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2088040/Photographs-Lovings-interracial-marriage-time-banned-16-states.html That’s right, in Virginia in 1959, police raided a family home in the middle of the night because the husband and wife were of mixed races.
Using the force of government to prevent free people from freely associating with one another is always wrong. It is the ultimate form of Big Government to support the government being involved in our bedrooms.
I have very traditional beliefs on what I believe marriage is. I believe marriage is a Sacrament. I believe marriage is only between a man and a woman open to life at some point in their marriage. I believe that marriage is a covenant relationship between two spouses called to die to themselves and serve the other.
This does not mean that I have the right to use the force of government to impose my definition of a word on other people. Just as the government should not be in the business of regulating the proper formula for Baptism, government should not be involved in determining what constitutes the “best” possible relationship. If we believed this, then government should also provide us with the “best” possible food, the “best” possible housing, etc. We are allowed to make bad food choices, why are we not free to freely make bad relationship choices?
At any rate, it isn’t the government’s job to defend the sanctity of marriage. That is the job of the people and private organizations. It is our job as the Church to live out our vocations and live healthy relationships with one another. It is our job as Church to prepare couples for marriage, and support them in their marriages. Overtime, society will hopefully see a group of people living out happy and holy relationships, and seek to emulate us. That is how change is supposed to come about in society. This is what we as Church should strive for.
May 9, 2012
"After talking to my family, friends, blah blah blah I now support gay marriage”
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“Wow, my fundraising is way down, I’m feeling the heat, so I’ll change my position and everyone will love me again."
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“Wow, my fundraising is way down, I’m feeling the heat, so I’ll change my position and everyone will love me again."
— Obama
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