Rev.Theresa M.Lister's Blog (3)

We as the GLBT community need to take the word marriage out of Equality and call it a Civil Union! BECAUSE WE AS GLBT FOLKS ARE USING THE WORD MARRIAGE WE ARE LOSING OUR BATTLE TO OUR MOST DESERVED RIGHTS. This is because the Religious Right is Right...we as people can have the same securities and rights as married couples but it needs to be called CIVIL UNIONS for GLBT folks! Because we as the GLBT commuity lobbied for Marriage and there was a huge push for marriage we are not getting the right… Continue

There are in every state two categories of marriage available (to differently sexed individuals): one is religious, the other civil. A male and female may be married civilly by the 'justice of the peace' or a judge, or they may instead be married by a religious leader (Priest, Rabi, Mormon Bishop, Pastor, Minister, Pagan Leader, etc.) - or in some cases by both. In the civil ceremony they are married in the eyes of the law and have all the rights and privileges the law bestows upon such individu… Continue

The real assault going on in this country is that of self proclaimed "Christians" who are trying to force everyone in the country to live according to the tenets of their religion. If the majority were truly interested in protecting the "sanctity" of marriage they would be clamoring for a federal ban on divorce, not gay marriage. The bible condemns divorce more than forty times while only mentioning homosexuality five or six times. Jesus said nothing about homosexuality but clearly spoke out ag… Continue