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Old 10-02-2011, 08:37 AM
 
Location: East Lansing, MI
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...The State should have nothing whatsoever to do with marriage, which should be by private...

I agree with this part 100%. Alas, I don't think this will ever be the case again.
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Old 10-02-2011, 11:40 AM
 
Location: East Coast U.S.
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Yes, primary points that I've already addressed, multiple times.
Pure genius. Of course we've addressed these multiple times - it's all part of discussing the OP.

You've stated that you are no longer going to discuss the OP. In my book, that means game over.

What part of this do you not understand?
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Old 10-02-2011, 05:08 PM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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Marriage is a religious act that has been taken by the non-religious.

The State should have nothing whatsoever to do with marriage, which should be by private -- either religious or otherwise -- contract; and, like all other contracts, if the contract needs to be cancelled, unless there is a cancel clause in the original contract specifying how this is to be done, than the issue can be taken to state court.
No Walter, marriage predates recorded history, so it is hardly an exclusively religious thing.
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Old 10-02-2011, 05:27 PM
 
Location: East Lansing, MI
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Pure genius. Of course we've addressed these multiple times - it's all part of discussing the OP.

You've stated that you are no longer going to discuss the OP. In my book, that means game over.

What part of this do you not understand?

One last time. Atheism has NO SHARED MORALITY. What part of this do YOU not understand?


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Old 10-02-2011, 05:30 PM
 
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No Walter, marriage predates recorded history, so it is hardly an exclusively religious thing.
Marriage moved from being a religious thing to a state thing when the church-state link was broken.
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Old 10-02-2011, 05:42 PM
 
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One last time. Atheism has NO SHARED MORALITY. What part of this do YOU not understand?


I'm not sure you've directly answered one particular question: in your opinion does atheism have a shared morality ?
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