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Except state of Michigan is of one religion (Christianity), then their would be some issues...

 

 

Lol x you have no idea how amusing that is. Michigan is heavily islamicized.

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The state of Michigan is reviewing legislation that would take marriage away from the government, and - with the exception of the issuance of the marriage license itself - putting it completely in the

The_Patriot21
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now this is good legislation. They should just take the license out of it to.

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So, people that are not religious are going to be required to go to a religious person to get married. That is just dumb. If you want to get Government out of marriage then remove all benefits s

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There is not a single state in America that is heavily of any one religion, especially not Christianity. And even if there was it still wouldn't be a problem.

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What might be helpful is they took marriage out of government and just left it up to churches and other religious groups to handle.   If we did it that way, the government could not mandate that churches have to do gay weddings.

 

As for tax benefits to marriage...  There is, rather, a marriage penalty, which only encourages people to shack up and file separately than to pay the penalty.

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So, people that are not religious are going to be required to go to a religious person to get married. That is just dumb.

Do you believe that marriage is a covenant with God?

 

Do you think that a priest/pastor/minister who believes that marriage is a covenant between one man and one woman with God should be forced to perform other types of marriages?

I believe there is marriage between two Christians that is a sacrament before God, and I believe there is a legal relationship recognized by the government that is also called marriage. And while they share the same name, they are not really not the same thing. My covenant before God with my wife has nothing to do with tax laws, visitation rules, or one of the other one hundred and thirty plus benefits given to married couples. On the other side those one hundred and thirty plus benefits have nothing to do with God.

I see this law causing priest and such to have to do just that, I think it will backfire on them as it is really just a bad idea. Picture this...a gay couple in a small town want to get married. Under the law as it is now no church ever need to be involved, they would just get their license, go to a JP and be done. With this new law they get their license and they have to find a church to marry them. What do you suppose will happen when they get refused by every church in town? Will they see the errors of their ways or will the sue?

If anything they should go the other way and remove religious leaders from the list of who can sign them. My wife and I were married for months before we had our wedding. There is no reason why signing the license needs to be part of the religious ceremony.

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So, people that are not religious are going to be required to go to a religious person to get married. That is just dumb.

If you want to get Government out of marriage then remove all benefits such as joint filing of taxes and such. If people want that they can sign legal partnership papers.

You are not a believer?
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Why should gays be allowed to be married in the first place??  Gay "marriage"  isn't marriage.   Marriage is God's domain and he has already defined it.  But there are liberal churches that don't believe the Bible that would be more than happy to marry sodomites, so it really is not that much of an issue for them.

 

The law could be written in such a way to allow room for atheists and agnostics who do not want a religious wedding to have a secular wedding.

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Why should gays be allowed to be married in the first place??  Gay "marriage"  isn't marriage.   Marriage is God's domain and he has already defined it.

If we could divorce governmental benefits from the word marriage I would wholeheartedly agree with you.

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There is not a single state in America that is heavily of any one religion, especially not Christianity. And even if there was it still wouldn't be a problem.

 

Well in that case, the government will not give the right exclusively to the church...

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How bout other religions? N mix marriages?

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Think some people are missing the issue here, with regard to non religious persons having to go to a Christian church to get married. Ordination laws as very lax in the US, someone could get ordained online with the "Universal Life Church" and still be able to preform the ceremony and call themselves a "Humanist Celebrant" or some other such title

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