Comments on: The "Marriage Failure" States, Revisited http://www.kipesquire.net/2007/04/the-marriage-failure-states-revisited/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:23:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J Philip http://www.kipesquire.net/2007/04/the-marriage-failure-states-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-4696 J Philip Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:48:11 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=3179#comment-4696 It is a tremendously bad call that the Church would single out same sex marriage as an "evil" instead of relegating it to the non binding status of any other non-Catholic union. The Church does not recognize, for instance, civil marriage or methodist marriage, because they do not participate in the catholic sacrament of marriage. They don't view it as sinful, just not Catholic. <br /> <br /> Same sex marriage is a simple contract. Nobody is asking for it to be recognized as a sacrament. For this reason, it goes beyond the scope of what the Church hierarchy can and should be passing judgment upon. It is not a life or death issue like abortion, nor is it a theological matter, like transubstantiation or the interpratation of the beatitudes. It is outside the realm of religion, as much as traffic laws or the tax code are outside the realm. It should not be subject to the condemnation of a Church which should be ruling on religious matters, as well as contritely cleaning its own house. It is a tremendously bad call that the Church would single out same sex marriage as an "evil" instead of relegating it to the non binding status of any other non-Catholic union. The Church does not recognize, for instance, civil marriage or methodist marriage, because they do not participate in the catholic sacrament of marriage. They don't view it as sinful, just not Catholic.

Same sex marriage is a simple contract. Nobody is asking for it to be recognized as a sacrament. For this reason, it goes beyond the scope of what the Church hierarchy can and should be passing judgment upon. It is not a life or death issue like abortion, nor is it a theological matter, like transubstantiation or the interpratation of the beatitudes. It is outside the realm of religion, as much as traffic laws or the tax code are outside the realm. It should not be subject to the condemnation of a Church which should be ruling on religious matters, as well as contritely cleaning its own house.

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