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Old 08-18-2008, 10:21 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Archaea View Post
Adam's solution is more elegant.

We should abandon marriage in favor of church sealings. Churches should abandon marriage altogether.

It allowed the state on one hand to legitimize Church authority but it also allowed government to dictate it.
Yeah, my dad trotted out the argument that if gays are allowed to be married, gays will have to be allowed into the temple endowment ceremony because of the current wording of the temple ceremony concerning marriage.

There are a lot of church members who believe crap like this.
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