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Originally Posted by ILG
What are your beliefs about gay marriage?
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My beliefs on gay marriage exist on several levels.
1. Personal - I believe that gay marriage or any gay relationship is an act that God considers to be an abomination. It is sin. It is wrong.
2. Legal - On a Federal Level - The federal government does not have the Constitutionally granted authority to deal with matters such as this. This is a state issue and completely outside the specific powers granted the federal government. The Constitution says that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government in that document are reserved to the states and the people.
3. Legal - On the state level - If the people of a state duly vote to define marriage as a union of a man and a woman then, by the word and edict of the people, it is so.
4. Marriage - I think that the whole thing would not even be an issue had we not allowed government to begin licensing marriage. Marriage is a religious rite and should have been kept as a church procedure. If that had been done then the church would retain complete control over the definition of marriage. What government grants license for... government then controls. We ought not be too shocked that a secular government, given authority over a religious rite, has taken it in a secular direction.
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