reaction to legislation in New Hampshire and certain press coverage

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I am deeply disappointed by "Gay marriage bill signed into law in New Hampshire" from the Associated Press. A few notes:

Cheers from the gallery greeted the key vote in the House, which passed it 198-176. Surrounded by gay marriage supporters, Lynch signed the bill about an hour later.
In mentioning the reaction of supporters and omitting the

Comments

[cutiebirdgal]

I'd prefer people to be openly gay than commit suicide, which is unfortunately all too common, and was more prevalent when they were forced to pretend to be straight.

[ropemaker]

"Utterly absurd, the words 'bride' and 'groom' are stripped of any meaning whatsoever; both men may refer to each other as bride? Cotton balls stuffed in a bra so the dress will fit?"

They are simply saying that members of the party have the right to be referred as bride/groom, bride/bride,or groom/groom. It's however the couple wants to do it.

I don't understand how it strips the meaning of bride and groom. It is as holy to the individual couple who gets married. My mom is my dad's bride. It doesn't make it any less special to her; it doesn't take away that feeling any more that she is in a 'holy' (if you will) relationship. We're all lucky to find that one person to share a life with, what does being homosexual take away from that meaning? (so please enlighten me... I'm not being snarky)

Some heterosexual women stuff their bras with cotton balls so it will fit. But on a side note, most people will go get the dress altered so it will fit.

[ropemaker]

I'm also confused how this 'misrepresents' family. Isn't a family a home where everyone loves and supports each other? I know many friends who, even though they are related by blood would not consider their biological family their family. Most of them think of their family as their friends or a friend's family as their own. I fail to see how a homosexual couple raising children together, loving them and respecting them, teaching them to be a responsible respectful person in society is "mistreatment".

I teach children Daniel. In VT there are many homosexual couples who enroll their children in my class. Some of those families have the most supportive systems I've ever seen. The child I am thinking of is a bright, sweet, caring child who will be a respective member of society. I don't see how her parents being homosexual have 'harmed' her.

[ropemaker]

again, I'm not attacking you and not being snarky. Since you were ranting, you just made unsupported statements and there wasn't anything to back it up. I am just curious as to why you are thinking those statements.

[capnstamey]

"Marriage has nothing to do with respect for a person or unjust discrimination against a person."

Exactly. But with a secular government & the media's insistence that "gay rights" include marriage, what would you expect? Marriage isn't even a "right" for anyone, or shouldn't be. It's definitely a privilege, and a religious one at that. People just can't seem to grasp that simple fact. There are thousands of couples getting married each year, gay or not, that shouldn't be.

vocations and governments

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Well, marriage is a vocation, a calling from God, not a privilege. (But yeah, certainly a vocation is not a right.)

I don't think we can call our government secular anymore: with our taxes directly funding abortions, it is demonic. Since becoming involved with the pro-life movement, I have seen repeatedly veterans discussing the power of prayer and the influence of evil driving the abortion industry. Recall Ephesians 6.10-20, noting verses 12 and 18.