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Re: First gay couple legally married in Iowa

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Originally Posted by Traveler View Post
Having brown eyes doesn't change anything on a marriage license, if we let gays marry why not just let anything go? The sanctity of marriage is gone, so let's just let children marry and let folk have more than one marriage, hcecklet's just let man and dog marry shall we? This will go beyond a slippery slope...children being brought up by 2 people of the same sex, then possibly by more than 2 people, the church will want nothing to do with it, neither will any religious organisation for that matter and it'll lead to a lot of angry people. You having brown eyes (i undertand your point on being different) is not comprable to gay marriage.



The service doesn't mtter, you'd still be signing to a certificate of marriage, unless you choose not to, which would be the difference.
There is no such thing as the "sanctity" of a civil contract.
Religious marriage is an entirely different institution and allowing homosexuals to marry will not effect religious marriages in any way.
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