I neither approve nor disapprove. I simply don't care any more than I care about someone marrying their pet or their bicycle. None of them are unions I care to enter into, and I assume by their own choice, they don't care to enter into a sacramental union as I did.
The RCC has the same position it has always had concerning gays. Love the person. Disapprove of the immoral action. There is no hatred or bigotry to it. Protestant churches which have decided Jesus suddenly changed his mind on gay marriage in 2012 are losing members in droves. The Methodist Church is falling apart as we speak.
I have to disagree with that. Immoral acts, such as gay marriage, harm all of society and should be discouraged and spoken out against.
If each person is in charge of their own union, no one else can touch it. See how easy it is when we limit government to national issues, but not personal issues?
Hire an attorney. Still no need to involve the federal government.
How would I handle it? The children get to keep the house and financial support and they can manage the parents visitation rights if the parents cannot come to an agreement. Break up the marriage and everything belongs to the children. None of this tossing children between parents--the parents can undergo the tossing around.
Still doesn't have to be the federal government.
There will have to be judges and written rules that everybody has to abide by. No way around it.
Who do you suggest?
Just looked it up, interesting fact. Much of Asia and Africa practice polygamy. Polygamy has two forms, polygyny ( one man, multiple wives ) and a rarer form, which was once more common and widespread, polyandry ( several men and one wife ). The only place in the world where it's legal still is Gabon. South African women are pushing for it to have a quality with the men who are allowed to practice polygyny. It is still common in some tribes in Nigeria and Kenya. It is most common in several different tribes in India. It occurs in Tibet ( China ) and at one time 70% of the tribes in the Amazon practice it now only the Tupi-Kawahib tribe still practices it. Another twist on marriage that most people aren't aware of. Many North American Indian tribes allowed the bravest of the braves to take male wives. I found all that interesting, hope you did too. have a great night. Marriage, it seems, is and always has been, a lot more than anyone can give it credit for.
Let's start with fixing traditional marriage. When the percentage of divorce is down into the low single digits, maybe we can look at other issues. As it is now, we need to remove the wooden beam from our own eye before starting to work on the splinter in another's eye.
Again, a local matter.
I have no issues whatosever with gays. But gay marriage which implies gay sex is an abomination and harms all of society, as do all acts of immorality.
Then you have to be talking about government, yes? If not, then whom?
