8th July 2003, 8:48 AM
Even if one disagrees with it, leaving this legal would be pretty much the same as leaving lieing legal for them, and they could think of it that way. In hiring, if one disagrees with it, might as well think of it the same was as a religion. It pretty much is after all, and so long as it doesn't involve poisoning the customers, don't worry about it.
Regarding marriage, I'll say I disagree with government recognized gay marriage, but allow me to state I disagree with government recognized marriage period. Weird thing indeed, but I feel that there are far too many people marrying because it's legally convinient. Perhaps if people married because they truly wished to be joined (only recognized by their church, and being a church, it can decide who to and who not to marry at it's own discression), without any legal perks, then people might think a little more about doing it. Maybe if they had to pay the same taxes in the marriage, they'd not have that incentive and ONLY the love would be their encouragement. I haven't worked out all the details of this, for instance, divorce and who would manage the property there. Also, I'm afraid an entire constitutional right would be made null and void, the right to not testify against one's spouse (since a spouse is no longer legally recognized, out the window that goes). Perhaps I am hasty in this idea, eh... In any case, marriage is a tricky subject anyway. Humans do seem genetically designed for the very pengiun like life mate thing (or we never would have even come up with the whole marriage idea), and at the same time genetically designed to fail at it. Hmm, am I babbling? I'm babbling... Anyway, on second thought, ignore this whole misbegotten word block I jokingly call a "paragraph".
Regarding marriage, I'll say I disagree with government recognized gay marriage, but allow me to state I disagree with government recognized marriage period. Weird thing indeed, but I feel that there are far too many people marrying because it's legally convinient. Perhaps if people married because they truly wished to be joined (only recognized by their church, and being a church, it can decide who to and who not to marry at it's own discression), without any legal perks, then people might think a little more about doing it. Maybe if they had to pay the same taxes in the marriage, they'd not have that incentive and ONLY the love would be their encouragement. I haven't worked out all the details of this, for instance, divorce and who would manage the property there. Also, I'm afraid an entire constitutional right would be made null and void, the right to not testify against one's spouse (since a spouse is no longer legally recognized, out the window that goes). Perhaps I am hasty in this idea, eh... In any case, marriage is a tricky subject anyway. Humans do seem genetically designed for the very pengiun like life mate thing (or we never would have even come up with the whole marriage idea), and at the same time genetically designed to fail at it. Hmm, am I babbling? I'm babbling... Anyway, on second thought, ignore this whole misbegotten word block I jokingly call a "paragraph".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)