Originally Posted By Labuda YAY MAINE!!!! Their governor just signed into law the bill that he got from the state legislature making gay marriage legal in the great state of Maine. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/06/maine.same.sex.marriage/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITI...dex.html</a> (And yes, I'm making this a separate topic from the other one on this topic since it's now A LAW! YAY!!!!)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Hopefully, the rest of the country will soon join the Maine-stream. ; )
Originally Posted By Dabob2 This now makes the second state to vote for equality via the legislature, putting another nail in the coffin of the "it's all activist judges" crowd.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt In line The District of Columbia council has agreed to recognize same-sex marriages preformed in other states upsetting some local religious groups: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/05/05/VI2009050502821.html?sid=ST2009042801406" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/...42801406</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Not all religious groups would be upset. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8463741/" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8463741/</a> There's also the Disciples of Christ, Quakers, Reform Judaism... some vary by congregation or temple, but all are moving in the right direction. Some others are too, if more slowly.
Originally Posted By Mr X Excellent. Couldn't have been more sanctimonious and nasty than that, Josh. How Christian of you.
Originally Posted By utahjosh It wasn't meant to be nasty. It's not calling you swine, but it is saying that my point of view, scriptures, and beliefs are not appreciated or understood here. From wiktionary.com Phrase cast pearls before swine 1. (idiomatic) To give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate it.
Originally Posted By piperlynne maybe you should have read a little further to 7.12 or back up a little to 6.1 because I think you need to take that one to heart.
Originally Posted By piperlynne you must have skipped over 7.1 though. Maybe they leave that out of the hypocritical self righteous religious bible?
Originally Posted By Mr X 7.1 is my favorite (seriously), so very true. That one, and the one about "let he who is without sin".
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I'm still waiting for a scripture referencing Christian to express an original thought. And I wait and wait and wait.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <It's not calling you swine, but it is saying that my point of view, scriptures, and beliefs are not appreciated or understood here.> Please don't confuse "not appreciated or understood" with "don't agree with my view of them."
Originally Posted By Labuda "7.1 is my favorite (seriously), so very true. That one, and the one about "let he who is without sin"." I love that one. It's also part of why I am SO VERY anti-capital punishment.
