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How "SACRED" Can Traditional Marriage Be...?
When even a 'good' man like Tiger Woods can't even keep it in his pants? I think the Reich Wingers know that their argument took a real good gut-punch this week, and rumor has it that MORE WOMEN are waiting in the wings for their turn to take a whack at the World's Greatest Golfer, and to snag their fifteen minutes of fame. So I guess now the definition of marriage will have to be amended: "Traditional marriage is between one man and one woman. And ANOTHER woman. And ANOTHER. And ANOTHER. And..."
Gee, didn't know that Tiger had gone Mormon. Talk amongst yourselves...
@ Adrian: Yeah, and I see the Pots are coming out to criticize the Kettles again. I could say the exact same thing about people who want to deny me and my partner the benefits of getting married. Unless I'm carrying on an affair with your wife (or husband as the case may be), how is my relationship with my partner affecting YOUR marriage? All conservative straights are too obsessed with what goes on in gay people's bedrooms, when what they NEED to be doing is paying attention to what's going on in their own. Or NOT.
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- geewillieLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Sanctity isn't even a concept that you can depend on in reality. There is no practical application of sanctity. Its just a word that people use to convince you that something is valuable without justifying it.
Marriages aren't sacred. They're valuable because people work to make them valuable. Using thought-terminating cliches like "sanctity" only cheapens the meaning of the relationship that two people can build together.
- RunaLv 41 decade ago
I think that it has to do with the idea that the marriage starts out in a "sacred" combination and then people mess up. However, "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God," so as long as you feel sorry about it and try your best to not let it happen again, it's still sacred. I guess people believe that a marriage between two people of the same gender starts off unholy.
Note: I am simply guessing at other people's views. They do not necessarily mirror my own.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
and how does someone cheating make traditional marriages less sacred? Marriage is equal no matter what the sexual orientation of that marriage is. Cheating is not a 'straight' thing it doesn't only happen in heterosexual marriages, its a human thing that anyone could possibly do. and btw a marriage is only "sacred" when its being considered a religious ceremony so many tradition marriages aren't "sacred" to begin with. (not to say that non-religious marriages are or should be exempt to any of the laws that come with a religious one.)
- 1 decade ago
Exactly so I think they don't have a leg to stand on when they say I can't marry the man I love, when the men they've already married are cheaters!! :)
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- adrian♥Lv 61 decade ago
Marriage is a sacred union. Tiger Woods going and cheating on his wife doesn't make other marriages less sacred, only his.
And I think it would be best if you found a life of your own to worry about.
