some coincidences are almost too crazy to handle: in one of my more contemplative moments, i reflected on gracie hart/freebush and her transformation in "miss congeniality." utterly inspired, i decided to give my next blog entry the title above. then, while reading cheniese's most recent post, i found this pic. how strange.also, as steve pointed out, timmy's roll-up-the-rim and lent began on the same day! hmmmm . . . conspiracy? i think so! (seriously, maybe i should pray for canadians who gave up caffeine for lent . . .)
but what i really want to say is this: before our midterm yesterday, our greek class was talking about the ethics of marrying someone so he/she can stay in the country. the question that arose was: "which is worse, marrying someone of the same sex for that purpose, or marrying someone of the opposite sex for that purpose?" if you know me, you know where i stood. thoughts?
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why would one be worse? i don't really understand how that's relevant.
Roll up the rim can be a real challenge to many people and their commitments to give up coffee. Sneaky advertising.
As far as your other qusetion about which is worse. Marrying for the sake of getting someone in the country... not cool either way. As far as which is worse... well I tend to side with the Bible that speaks out against Gay marriage. But that is just me ;)
Peter
ps-sorry I haven't been around in a while. School has been nuts, which I know you totally understand, you sound pretty busy yourself. Stay well.
I disagree. I don't really think you can label either as worse. And also, the Bible seems to have more to say about acts of homosexuality than homosexual marriage in and of itself. And presuming that you're just marrying to get them in the country, that doesn't seem to be a problem.
I find this to be two completely unrelated debates; marrying to allow someone to stay in the country and homosexual marriage.
As to the first, I don't oppose it. North American society has romanticised the idea of what we now call 'romantic love' to the point that it is generally viewed as a good unto itself. I do not believe that it is the only proper motive for marriage. In many time periods in many countries, arranged marriages were/are the norm. People who get married for a reason other than romantic attraction are not sinning.
As to the second, I agree with Julie Anna. Homosexual acts are what are identified as sinful in the Bible. A paper stating that the state views you to be married to someone of your own sex is unimportant. Marriage, in the truest sense, has nothing to do with the view of the state or your tax deductions.
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