Thread: Mormon church enters Calif. gay marriage fight
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Old 07-04-2008, 11:01 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tadpole256 View Post
I don't understand what religious people have against gay marriage. Lots of people have religious marriages but are not "legally" married. And vice-versa... The law has nothing to do with what your religion must accept or recognize. Luckily for us all, this country is not run by or founded on any religious tradition.

That's not entirely true.

The United States IS founded on Judeo-Christian religious traditions even though the Constitution perpetuates freedom of religion and forbids state run religions.

All of the rights enumerated in the Constitution are claimed to have been bestowed by a higher power.

A lot of people seem to get confused by this important distinction when they talk about a separation of church and state.
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