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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:37 PM Original message |
Poll question: How do Atheists view marriage: Religious rite or civil right? |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. As a married Atheist: |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. A wedding is a religious rite (ceremony), |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think that says it all! |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not sure if I agree with that. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. You have it backwards |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. How do I "have it backwards"? |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 05:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You are right; I am in error |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Weddings don't have to be religious anything |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't know that I could explain how I view it. Certainly not religious |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
6. You know, only states can issue marriage licenses...a church must |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. believe... |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Marriage is a legal partnership...Matrimony is religious |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Not quite true |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Holy Matrimony is a sacrament in the Catholic church... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. HOLY matrimony, yes; matrimony in general, no |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-28-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Let's parse a bit...The word matrimony is based on the latin word for mother... |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think marriage is silly. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. good points |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yeah she knows how I feel... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. The civil contract is VERY VERY important, even if you don't have children. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Very good points, hunter. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. One of my coworkers asked me why gay people would want to get married anyway. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. How anyone views it is irrelevant |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Atheists are not a homogeneous group |
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Random_Australian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. Atheist meself, say it is a secular thing,(by the fact that, y'know, |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. do you mean right or rite ? |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-27-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
21. No room for agnostics? |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-28-06 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. I think of it as totally secular, |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-28-06 04:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Marriage is a civil right |
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Finder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-28-06 09:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I am not sure if I would call it a "right"... |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-28-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Good point |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-31-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #24 |
35. The United States Supreme Court begs to differ |
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cyborg_jim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-28-06 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. I am not convinced governments should get involved at all |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. Civil Unions for all, Marriages for those who want them. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
32. It existed before religion; should religion end, it will remain. |
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