Comments on: The Daily Agenda for Friday, January 18 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/18/52817 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: DN http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/18/52817/comment-page-1#comment-236455 DN Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:34:40 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52817#comment-236455 I have a quibble on this post, insofar as you say, "And so they did what any normal self-respecting couple would do when they wanted to get married. They went to their church..." I know what you're getting at, but there are a lot of gay and straight people who are self-respecting who seek the legal, civil benefits of marriage and who don't give a hoot about the religious benefits of marriage. For a growing segment of the general population, the blessing of a church is inconsequential to their marriage. I get what you're saying about the general terriffic-ness of marriage, but be assured, not a single couple in America needs to have a religious ceremony for their marriage to hold water in legal proceedings. I have a quibble on this post, insofar as you say, “And so they did what any normal self-respecting couple would do when they wanted to get married. They went to their church…”

I know what you’re getting at, but there are a lot of gay and straight people who are self-respecting who seek the legal, civil benefits of marriage and who don’t give a hoot about the religious benefits of marriage.

For a growing segment of the general population, the blessing of a church is inconsequential to their marriage.

I get what you’re saying about the general terriffic-ness of marriage, but be assured, not a single couple in America needs to have a religious ceremony for their marriage to hold water in legal proceedings.

]]> By: MattNYC http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2013/01/18/52817/comment-page-1#comment-234358 MattNYC Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:42:31 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=52817#comment-234358 A nice interview with Richard Blanco, the Gay, Latino poet who will speak at the Inauguration: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/23276 A nice interview with Richard Blanco, the Gay, Latino poet who will speak at the Inauguration:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/23276

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