Kentucky Clerk Denies Marriage Licenses | Update: Clerk Freed w/Warning!

[bouzane]

reggin_bolas said:

CosmicSex said:

Well, I agree.  But I think it should read:

You have no right to deny anyone their rights. 

Marriage is not an unqualified right. One cannot possibly arrive at this conclusion by any means of logic or common sense. 

If you believe that same-sex couples should not qualify for the right to marry may I ask why? Does it involve religious doctrine that we ignore when we allow divorce and interfaith marriages? Does it involve traditional values that the government does not enforce and the majority of the citizenry fails to abide by? Does it involve a set of standards that we don't actually require heterosexual couples to adhere to when getting married? I'd honestly like to see a well thought out answer that doesn't involve double standards or picking and choosing traditions from belief systems that we routinely ignore.