Quoting LMP737 (Reply 212): She's already screwed because she violates it's tenets on a day to day basis. |
Ah, but here's the magic of religion (Christianity in particular): if you convert and accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, your slate is wiped clean. Hence, as of now, she's sin free and wishes to remain that way.
Oh you were a serial killer in the past? You divorced umpteen times? It's all in the past. The important thing is that you saw the light. Hence, that doesn't count anymore.
Quoting cerecl (Reply 214): Further, she also refuses to vacate her position so that other people can actually step in when there is a conflict. |
Furthermore, she also refuses to allow her deputies to do the job. She could have remained in her post and kept refusing to do so. That's what deputies are there for, and even then she strictly prohibited any of her deputies from carrying out the task.
Quoting NAV30 (Reply 215): 'Why should people in homosexual relationships enjoy any of the privileges and protections applied to man-woman marriages by the common law?' |
The question is: "Why shouldn't they?" What is it about two people loving each other and being in a committed relationship that makes you question if they're worthy of being sanctioned by the state? They love each other, they want to be able to take advantage of the benefits of being married...seems like no skin off my nose or yours or the state's.
Quoting NAV30 (Reply 215): My current feeling is that, 'seen from here,' children adopted by 'same-sex' couples would have a much-reduced chance of receiving any sort of 'normal' upbringing? |
That 'feeling' most likely reveals more stuff than you'd want actually. By the post, it sounds like you're cautious if not slightly biased against them. As was mentioned in a latter post: studies have been done and show no difference between kids in a heterosexual marriage and kids in a homosexual marriage.
I would go a step further and predict that subsequent studies will find that kids raised in a same sex couple household are likely to be better off, not just by what luckyone said, but also because there's no pressure for them to hide stuff from their parents. Have we ever heard of a case where gay/lesbian parents disown a child because they told their parents they're straight? Have we ever heard of a case where these same parents impose their lifestyle onto their kids (as in, you better be gay or else)?
The only hardship in their upbringing are those imposed by the state for not recognizing that two adults are in a committed relationship and that they have a child whom the two adults wish to be legal guardians of. When the state removes those roadblocks (particularly recognizing their marriage), then will any subsequent hardships be eased.