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Originally Posted by Mailis
I have understood that (I may be wrong) : If the samesex marriage would ahve gone through this would have happened (anyway arounbd here it did... some of these things):
1. ANY priest or a person with the papers to be able to officially marry people would HAVE TO marry anyone who come to ask him/her to do it or that person would meet with a fine or even worse... No matter what the persons values are! I think here it would be ok that the person CAN say NO!
2. There is NO PLACE where the marriage could not be made, which would force LDS church to open the doors to the Temple for these marriages, which this religion sees more like blasphemy. Here too I think the owner of the place should be able to say NO!
3. ANY adoption office would be FORCED to give children to samesex couples. Sorry as an adoptive child myself I can not stand behind this, even though I know there are many gays that are very good to kids. Here I think each adoption office has to be able to do after their leaderships wishes!
4. Kids in school have to learn about familyconsept, that is not approved by many. I think parrents should be able to teach their kids what they want. Either the parents should be able to choose what the kids would be taught or this also like teaching of religion should be taken away from schools.
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Hi, Part of the frustration of gay people is that NONE of those things are true in the United States, and we are judged on these thoughts anyway. LIke the LDS, we are defending against fears that are unfounded and even lies. The cost to gays was high in this situation, which is why some are heartbroken and very angry.
That being said, I do not believe in nor support retaliation. That is not Christ's Way. I try to follow the Sermon on the mount. Turn the other cheek, respectfully let the other party know that i see an injustice and how I understand the nature of the conflict, and together work towards authentic reconciliation. We fail at this many times, but it's worth keeping at it. imo.