Gay marriage...

[bobsticks]

The scandal here is not Gay Marriage. It is the divorce rate of Hetero couples with children and also Hetero couples having children out of wedlock. Hetero couples can produce children while Gay couples cannot. We should be concerned about the children who result from, and then become the victims of, divorce or unstable Hetro couples..

Absolutely correct...though if you ask gay folks who are effected by the current laws they might regard them as scandalous.

[RGA]

Forget Gays

Some Religion (err most) can barely stomach girls. What's wrong with these F-tards. Our Lady of Sorrows (Ariz.) baseball team forfeits state title rather than play against team with a girl | Prep Rally - Yahoo! Sports Canada

[JohnMichael]

Forget Gays

Do not forget us so soon. I live in a state where I can be discriminated against in employment, denied housing, and not allowed to marry.

[RGA]

Do not forget us so soon. I live in a state where I can be discriminated against in employment, denied housing, and not allowed to marry.

Don't forget Atheist biology teachers trying to teach the "fact" of evolution. They'll throw rocks through your window and fire you in some places.

Thanks to the Audio Note distributor for sending me along a little history piece to add to this discussion

"When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite."

anthropologist: When Same-Sex Marriage Was a Christian Rite

[JohnMichael]

Years ago a theologian and recently a minister have proposed that Jesus was gay and his partner was the Apostle John. One of the justifications of this study is Jesus' words on the cross. John who was the only Apostle in attendance at the cross was told by Jeaus to behold his Mother. Then Jesus told Mary to behold her son. Mary then went to live with John.

Some feel this is a sign of Jesus and Johns bond to one another. I have not read the earlier study but I will be reading the current papers being written. Regardless of whether Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene or to John his message of peace, tolerance, forgiveness and love are still incredibly important.

[texlle]

I believe there is an advocacy for marriage over civil union because gays simply want to stop being alienated from society. I consider marriage to be not just a rite of religion but more so a rite of humanity. If those belonging to a specific demographic that were once considered second class citizens can now excercise the same rights as everyone else, I simply don't understand why the line stops at homosexuality. The religious right in this country would rather dehumanize the concept of gay marriage by limiting it at a civil unity because these fundamentalists view homosexuality as less than human. I say let them marry, let them integrate, let Obama win and give these people the political backing to achieve what needs to be done to let our country evolve and integrate with the rest of the world.

[ForeverAutumn]

Years ago a theologian and recently a minister have proposed that Jesus was gay and his partner was the Apostle John. One of the justifications of this study is Jesus' words on the cross. John who was the only Apostle in attendance at the cross was told by Jeaus to behold his Mother. Then Jesus told Mary to behold her son. Mary then went to live with John.

I love that theory! Can you imagine if there were really a way to prove it?

[JohnMichael]

I am excited for gay marriage to come to Ohio. I will finally be able to make my poor life choices legally binding.

Of course gay divorce is easy now. "Get your sh!t and get out". Once marriage is legal we will need lawyers.

If gay marriage becomes law we will need to be able to register at all stores. Not just Target and Macy's.

Of course we will not need wedding planners. We can create our own fabulous events.

Oh one day, one day.

[RGA]

I love that theory! Can you imagine if there were really a way to prove it?

There is another one that a lot of stuff that people saw was due to the water supply being drugged via a form of drug similar to L.S.D. causing mass hallucinations. They were seeing Lucy in the sky with diamonds or talking burning bushes. Just look at the 60s - do some drugs and everyone starts looking like they're starring in Jesus Christ Superstar.

[Feanor]

I love that theory! Can you imagine if there were really a way to prove it?

No proof of a gay relationship, but the Gospel of John has several references to the "beloved disciple". (see Wiki). This is most often consider to be John the Apostle, one of the original twelve disciples, however the actual name of the beloved disciple is not given. It was apparently not Mary Madeline who told Peter and the beloved disciple of the empty tomb.

We may consider that it was very unusual for a Jewish man to be unmarried at at 30 when Jesus began his ministry. As I understand, marriage was then, as it is now among Orthodox Jews, considered an obligation of a righteous Jew. (FA, is this not so?) It's also true at that time among Jews that homosexuality was considered an abomination.

BTW, not a just few people suspect that the Apostle Paul was homosexual thanks to his occasional deprecating remarks about women and male-female relationships.