The Future of Love. was Re: [extropy-chat] Gay marriage in Spain, a world of change, biology, last post, post, etc.

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jul 22, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Robert Lindauer wrote:

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>> On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:27 PM, Al Brooks wrote:
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>>> Though I support all rights & full legal marriage for gays, it is  
>>> good to see reasonable dissenting views.
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>> Name one 'reasonable' dissenting view.
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> The only, I think, reasonable dissenting view would be the purely  
> religious objection that Marriage is a Sacred and Holy thing  
> ordained by God.

Huh?  Which God?  As apprehended or the purported wishes thereof  
apprehended supposedly by whom? Many theological positions (several  
Christian sects for instance) have no problem with gay marriage.    
What I am getting at is how does adding in this or that groups  
religious views constitute "reasonable" dissent?

- samantha