tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post115436998652676858..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: Traditional Marriage Is Not a Religious EstablishmentRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1154528525578302052006-08-02T09:22:00.000-05:002006-08-02T09:22:00.000-05:00Yah, well, g.j., you could also cite Genesis which...Yah, well, g.j., you could also cite Genesis which certainly establishes marriage as blessed by God, making the 'sacramentality' of the institution a little older than the establishment of the Church.<BR/><BR/>It is true that Christ made 'sacramentality' more explicit at Cana (ironic today, eh?)--but that wasn't precedent-setting in the broader sense.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1154441351487786492006-08-01T09:09:00.000-05:002006-08-01T09:09:00.000-05:00At the risk of being even MORE tiresome, Shark, it...At the risk of being even MORE tiresome, Shark, it's called the Natural Law.<BR/><BR/>Nothing to do with religion; everything to do with nature.<BR/><BR/>What's scary is that this Justice (and lots of other folks) think that some Court, someplace, CAN abrogate the natural law.<BR/><BR/>They ought to try abrogating gravity first. If that works, then move on to other things.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1154380864995707592006-07-31T16:21:00.000-05:002006-07-31T16:21:00.000-05:00Without a link to the opinion, your readers might ...Without a link to the opinion, your readers might not know that not a single additional dissenter signed onto this opinion. This is the opinion of one justice out of nine. I don't dispute that it merits attention and interest, but I'd hesitate to ascribe it undue importance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-1154375740647224522006-07-31T14:55:00.000-05:002006-07-31T14:55:00.000-05:00As I've said before, the best solution is probably...As I've said before, the best solution is probably for the state to get out of the marriage business entirely.<BR/><BR/>Domestic contracts? Great.<BR/><BR/>Marriage? Nope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com