Originally posted by Tokkiquil
In fact, we don't really have all that much against homosexuality. We just want to preserve the sanctity of marriage.
Well, I'm sorry, but that argument is instantly negated by the word sanctity. As I posted earlier, sanctity is defined as something that is holy or sacred. The first amendment says that government and any and all of its processes are separate from church and religion. So, by saying you are only trying to preserve the sanctity of marriage, is still trying to remove rights with a religious argument, and as I said before religion has NO place in our government. Also, don't give me that whole 'Ten Commandments' argument. The secular laws from them that we supposedly base our country around, were not original ideas. Remember the code of Hammurabi? that was before 3000 BCE. Whereas the exodus of the Jews from Egypt happened aroun 2500 BCE (believe) during the reign of Ramses II (I'm not sure of this, any corrections on who ruled during this period will be welcome). The only real difference between the laws from the code and the commandments are that there are far less. (I don't think the punishments were mentioned, I'll check my bible later.)