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Bluenorthwest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-23-08 05:42 PM
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34. My question as always is
How are you going to control who uses the word 'marriage'. Your concept assumes all religions oppose the use of the word for gay folks and that is not the case. Will they be jailed for using the wrong word? Will a Tradmark on marriage be issued to Rick Warren and the Pope or what?
It sounds like such easy fun to say 'let them have the word' but in a nation with free speech and freedom of religion, how specifically do you 'give' a word to one group, and 'take' the use from another?
I understand that you are just trying to fly some thoughts, I'm fly'n 'em back. No mal intent here, just to be clear. I just see this 'let them have the word' argument and I don't understand how that would work. Thanks.
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