Bluebear the DUmmie is upset that not all demoNrats want to gut the Church

[tuolumnejim]

The op is just a copy and paste of a news article. And yes there is a thread that discuses the same topic but this is a different thread about a different thread. 

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Bluebear  (1000+ posts)        Wed May-20-09 11:19 PM
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Jaws drop in gallery as NH rejects gay marriage: Dem gov wants "strongest protection for religion"
 CONCORD, N.H. — Jaws dropped in the gallery overlooking New Hampshire’s House when members voted on Wednesday to put off legalizing gay marriage.

Among the onlookers was Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the church. He said the House pushed the pause button, not reverse, and is optimistic lawmakers will come up with an acceptable bill this session...

Gov. John Lynch, a three-term Democrat, said last week he would sign a same-sex marriage bill only if it provides "the strongest and clearest protections for religious institutions and associations, and for the individuals working with such institutions."

 

joeybee12 (1000+ posts)      Wed May-20-09 11:21 PM
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2. Hey asshole governor, then look to the US Constitution about the separation of church
 and state...all these "religious" amendments and protecting religion are BS...there is no need for them other than for cowards like Lynch to cha.

Hey joeybee dipshit, just where does it say anything a separation of Church and State in the BOR? What it does say is:

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

What Article One basically says is that the Congress and these United States will not have an official Religion, like the Church of England.

And then for the writer that knows not how to spell, I've seen it all posted over the DUmp that they would like to have a Churches tax exemption removed for not performing a ceremony for fags.

wryter2000   (1000+ posts)        Wed May-20-09 11:21 PM
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3. Ignoramus
 No one is going to force a church to marry anyone they don't want to marry. We just want the state to dispense equal justice.

Gene Robinson is right, although I don't know where he finds the patience to be so charitable.
 

[AllosaursRus]

Hey, dipshit, the law is already equal! You have the right to marry anyone of the opposite sex, just like I do! Asshat!

[thundley4]

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Point of fact: A law requiring a clergyman to marry a gay couple against his will would be in violation of the 1ST Amendment, by prohibiting the free exercise of his/her religion. Suck it DUmmies, you can't have a law forcing gay marriage on churches.

[JohnnyReb]

I make a motion that we rename "The Camps" "The Closets"....you know, insult to injury.