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SharonAnn

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5. My religious/Catholic relatives in Italy and Chile understand this.

Mon Sep 7, 2015, 12:06 PM

Sep 2015

To be recognized as a marriage by the government, and have all the secular rights and responsibilities thereof, they must have a civil marriage.

However, these religious individuals believe that the only "real" marriage is the religious sacramental marriage. So they have both.

The legal one is usually a quick trip to the government office, and the religious marriage is usually the next day and is the full religious ceremony.

They don't have any problem with that, why should we? And these are overwhelmingly Catholic countries.

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To Kim Davis on her moral conflict [View all] kpete Sep 2015 OP

Brilliant dickthegrouch Sep 2015 #1

By issuing licenses? ejbr Sep 2015 #4

Being in jail for contempt of court truebluegreen Sep 2015 #9

Nicely done, but I suspect beyond the comprehension of Kim Davis. mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #2

I have a suspicion. ChazInAz Sep 2015 #6

Or a cabinet position Plucketeer Sep 2015 #8

Bravo! smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #3

My religious/Catholic relatives in Italy and Chile understand this. SharonAnn Sep 2015 #5

ironically with established churches theology becomes a public issue so it's *explicitly* MisterP Sep 2015 #11

Believe it or not, The Catholic countries are way more moderate Jamastiene Sep 2015 #14

The ONLY legal marriage is one licensed by the State, which is why WinkyDink Sep 2015 #7

Except in states which recognize common law marriage. Ms. Toad Sep 2015 #15

Operative words: "states" and "law." Still zippo re: Religion. WinkyDink Sep 2015 #18

Thank you nvme Sep 2015 #10

There is a parallel with the extreme RKBA types too: Reading comprehension problems. k&r Electric Monk Sep 2015 #12

Excellent definition of the issue. Thank you. jwirr Sep 2015 #13

She would be terrified by the word "homonym". Tipperary Sep 2015 #16

A homonymphobe! WinkyDink Sep 2015 #19

Lol! Tipperary Sep 2015 #21

She probably quit reading at " homonym". Good letter, k&r uppityperson Sep 2015 #17

the part in bold treestar Sep 2015 #20

These people don't care about this kind of logic Maven Sep 2015 #22