Quote from: Natasha on January 17, 2008, 09:43:24 PM
Huckabee Equates Gay Marriage With Bestiality
http://angelcitysdevil.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=307&Itemid=2
by Jonathan Higbee
01/17/2008
"Well, I don't think that's a radical view to say we're going to affirm marriage. I think the radical view is to say that we're going to change the definition of marriage so that it can mean two men, two women, a man and three women, a man and a child, a man and animal. "
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I'm glad that I cannot vote for this person --- or vote against him. Sounds like a case for the Log Cabin Republicans.
Once again we see the muddling of church with state. Although Mr. Huckabee is a Baptist minister he has no power to dissolve a marriage. It's odd that he can witness one (not perform one, the parties to the union perform it), even on behalf of the State of
Arkansas, but neither *he nor any other minister can dissolve a marriage.*
Marriage is a contract and being such, it must be dissolved in a court as a civil matter, a contract dispute for which the parties to the dispute seek relief from the competent court. No church has the authority or power to alter or dissolve the marriage contract.
What we have is another case of wrapping the Bible in the American flag, a dangerous package.
It is simple for the states to declare the minimum age for marriage with parental consent, marriage with consent of the courts, and for two parties to marry of their own free will and accord. Is it so hard for the state to define who is qualified to marry? How about saying that a marriage has two parties, both of whom are human, age whatever or older. Beyond this the state shall not interfere in their right to marry?
Just my ideas.
Wing Walker
