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Originally Posted by NitroNutter
The purpose of the formal union known as marriage is clear and scientifically absolute and therefore physically impossible for any alternative involving only one sex, ideology is irrelevant. There is only one law that can alter such a definition and I am sorry to say that is beyond the scope of mankind.
The laws of man relies on definitive terminology, not the other way around and it should not need to be said the dangers that exist should this status quo change. |
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matrimony
Pronunciation:/ˈmatrɪməni/
noun
[mass noun]
the state of being married; marriage:the joys of matrimony
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So the "purpose of the formal union known as marriage" is "the state of being married"?
Your "argument" makes no sense.
How exactly do you get "clear and scientifically absolute and therefore physically impossible for any alternative involving only one sex" from that?
How is it clear that marriage cannot involve only one sex?
How is it scientifically absolute that marriage cannot involve only one sex?
How is it physically impossible for marriage to involve only one sex?
What law are you talking about and why is it "beyond the scope of mankind"? Ideology does not sound irrelevant for you...
It is quite simple for a definition to be changed, quite simple for a law to be changed.
Same-sex marriages are already legal in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden. In the United States, same-sex marriages are legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.
Many other countries (including the UK) and some US states have same-sex "civil partnerships" or "civil unions", which are often effectively marriages by another name, with the same rights and benefits.
The British Government is planning on legalising actual same-sex marriages within this Parliament.
As for "it should not need to be said the dangers that exist should this status quo change." I think it
should be said... Please, enlighten us...