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There are two reasons, depending on ones position on the issue. Joel Send a noteboard - 25/06/2011 06:04:27 PM
Considering they protected the Church from being forced to perform gay marriages against it's will, and I don't recognize any marriage performed outside the Catholic Church anyway, this really doesn't change anything for me.

As far as I'm aware, attempts to force the Catholic Church or any other Church to perform marriages against its will - of divorced people, for instance - have never been successful before, so why would they be successful now?

Many religious opponents of gay civil marriage insist that it WOULD force churches to perform gay marriages, so explicitly preventing that in the legislation either addresses their concerns (if you agree with them) or robs them of a contrived objection (if you disagree with them). Also (and once again) it explicitly establishes the distinction between sacramental and legal marriage that is so often poorly (or un)recognized in the US.
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New York Senate approves same-sex marriage Dominic - 25/06/2011 03:47:43 AM 1421 Views
Good. *NM* Camilla - 25/06/2011 07:40:52 AM 468 Views
Re: Federalism is so fucking slow. *NM* Gaps - 25/06/2011 02:47:11 PM 301 Views
I'm actually not opposed to this. Dragonsoul - 25/06/2011 03:48:32 PM 712 Views
Makes sense to me. Joel - 25/06/2011 04:00:07 PM 941 Views
I'm not sure why there was even any need for such explicit protection. Legolas - 25/06/2011 04:04:47 PM 703 Views
There are two reasons, depending on ones position on the issue. Joel - 25/06/2011 06:04:27 PM 753 Views
Meh, you never know. Dragonsoul - 26/06/2011 12:58:37 AM 851 Views
so in your only Catholics are really married? random thoughts - 26/06/2011 12:04:07 AM 721 Views
Church Doctrine. Dragonsoul - 26/06/2011 12:57:39 AM 838 Views
That is simply not true Roland00 - 26/06/2011 08:20:59 AM 790 Views
Yes it is. Dragonsoul - 26/06/2011 05:14:29 PM 780 Views
That's patently wrong in that Orthodox weddings are explicitly recognized by the Church. Tom - 26/06/2011 02:42:00 PM 735 Views
Yeah okay... Dragonsoul - 26/06/2011 05:16:05 PM 766 Views
They are outside of the authority of Rome, and have, on occasion, excommunicated Popes. Dannymac - 27/06/2011 05:03:31 PM 736 Views
Are you sure about this? Camilla - 30/06/2011 04:47:57 PM 639 Views
Dragonsoul is wrong Roland00 - 01/07/2011 09:21:43 AM 786 Views
Glad to hear it. *NM* Legolas - 25/06/2011 04:05:15 PM 287 Views
Seems fine to me Isaac - 25/06/2011 05:44:30 PM 711 Views
Voting on civil rights constitutes tyranny of the majority, not legitimate democracy. Dreaded Anomaly - 25/06/2011 09:37:28 PM 829 Views
Direct democracy is the only true democracy. *NM* Dragonsoul - 26/06/2011 01:01:26 AM 305 Views
Sometimes it is grand not being a True Scottsman *NM* Roland00 - 26/06/2011 08:21:49 AM 297 Views
Re: Voting on civil rights constitutes tyranny of the majority, not legitimate democracy. Isaac - 26/06/2011 03:11:06 AM 780 Views
Good luck telling that to the deeply religious right. Great Lord of Chaos - 26/06/2011 03:20:04 AM 700 Views
I am a deeply religious member of the right, and I tell them that all the time *NM* Isaac - 26/06/2011 03:30:14 AM 304 Views
Then you're a rare person. *NM* Great Lord of Chaos - 26/06/2011 03:36:11 AM 311 Views
After a number of years of gay marriage Helene - 26/06/2011 06:57:07 AM 675 Views
That's more or less true of virtually everything, not a great example Isaac - 26/06/2011 07:09:03 AM 710 Views
People shouldn't turn their own religion and/or opinion into law Helene - 28/06/2011 07:33:48 PM 684 Views
I don't recall mentioning religion beyond confirming that I was religious Isaac - 28/06/2011 08:22:51 PM 750 Views
I admit I wasn't replying to you directly Helene - 29/06/2011 07:20:10 AM 697 Views
I think you should give this subject a bit more thought Isaac - 29/06/2011 02:16:04 PM 746 Views
I'll address the bulk of this later Helene - 29/06/2011 07:58:48 PM 625 Views
Believing things without strong supporting evidence is not rational. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/06/2011 12:11:33 AM 834 Views
Requiring different degrees of proof for things isn't particularly rational Isaac - 30/06/2011 01:14:44 PM 896 Views
I require the same standard of evidence to be confident in anything. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/06/2011 07:43:51 PM 1296 Views
Re: I require the same standard of evidence to be confident in anything. Isaac - 30/06/2011 08:59:00 PM 896 Views
Re: I require the same standard of evidence to be confident in anything. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/06/2011 09:47:30 PM 1163 Views
We're gonna have to pick this up another time Isaac - 01/07/2011 04:37:25 AM 723 Views
No, I used the word irrational to mean that it's not rational. Helene - 30/06/2011 09:12:19 PM 738 Views
Fair Enough Isaac - 01/07/2011 04:32:44 AM 775 Views
Btw, in case you were wondering, I do like you Helene - 01/07/2011 02:17:42 PM 779 Views
Re: Voting on civil rights constitutes tyranny of the majority, not legitimate democracy. Dreaded Anomaly - 26/06/2011 10:38:56 PM 893 Views
I think you should give your fellow citizens a bit more trust and respect Isaac - 27/06/2011 05:41:52 PM 672 Views
I'm all for occasionally forcing stuff down people's throats... LadyLorraine - 28/06/2011 11:44:12 AM 692 Views
My expectations are guided by psychology and history. Dreaded Anomaly - 28/06/2011 07:08:06 PM 790 Views
That's good to know, most of us do that, though we usually just call it common sense and experience Isaac - 28/06/2011 08:55:23 PM 821 Views
No, most people don't do that. Reasoning from cognitive biases and anecdotes is much more common. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/06/2011 12:18:40 AM 726 Views
Perhaps, you seem to be claiming not do that yourself though Isaac - 30/06/2011 01:40:57 PM 827 Views
Empire State Building was lit up in rainbow colors, looked cool *NM* beetnemesis - 25/06/2011 08:21:03 PM 325 Views
Good. *NM* ironclad - 25/06/2011 11:41:30 PM 291 Views
I approved that years ago. They are way behind. Granted, I have no authority over anyone... TaskmasterJack - 26/06/2011 12:22:33 AM 597 Views
So, fifth time is a charm? everynametaken - 26/06/2011 06:38:26 AM 813 Views
The real issue is going to be when the Supreme Court rules on the full faith and credit clause. Tom - 26/06/2011 02:43:23 PM 709 Views
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