Dreamer
Regular Member
During the NH debates this weekend, Newt Gingrich had the following quote about gay marriage:
The question was posed from a stance of government sanctioning or condemnation of Gay Marriage as a legal institution, not as an assertion that the theological institution of marriage was incorrect...
Last time I looked, the legal, government-regulated, contract-law-based aspects of "marriage" were NOT a sacrament--in fact, classifying an aspect of contract law or bureaucratic power as a "sacrament" would seem to me to be a direct violation of the 1st amendment prohobition on the establishment of a state-endorsed religion.
So either Newt is INTENTIONALLY clouding the issue by conflating contract law with sacred rituals or he REALLY DOES consider contract law to be a sacrament.
If the first is the case, then he has shown his colors as the duplicitous, globalist, opportunistic political scumbag that many of us believe him to be, and is actively working to divide, segregate, and disempower the People through manufacturing philosophical controversy where none exists, rather than working to UNITE and EMPOWER the People of this nation by speaking the truth.
If the second is the case, then Newt has shown what sort of person he REALLY is spiritually. There is only ONE deity that I know of in the history of man who might consider contract law and bureaucratic authority to be a sacrament, and that is Mammon. 'Nuff sed...
I don't know about you folks, but I don't think EITHER of these possibilities is the sort of person I want as Commander-in-Chief.
“But there's a huge jump from being understanding and considerate and concerned, which we should be, to saying we're therefore going to institute the sacrament of marriage as though it has no basis. The sacrament of marriage was based on man and woman, has been for 3,000 years, is at the core of our civilization, and is something worth protecting and upholding.”
The question was posed from a stance of government sanctioning or condemnation of Gay Marriage as a legal institution, not as an assertion that the theological institution of marriage was incorrect...
Last time I looked, the legal, government-regulated, contract-law-based aspects of "marriage" were NOT a sacrament--in fact, classifying an aspect of contract law or bureaucratic power as a "sacrament" would seem to me to be a direct violation of the 1st amendment prohobition on the establishment of a state-endorsed religion.
So either Newt is INTENTIONALLY clouding the issue by conflating contract law with sacred rituals or he REALLY DOES consider contract law to be a sacrament.
If the first is the case, then he has shown his colors as the duplicitous, globalist, opportunistic political scumbag that many of us believe him to be, and is actively working to divide, segregate, and disempower the People through manufacturing philosophical controversy where none exists, rather than working to UNITE and EMPOWER the People of this nation by speaking the truth.
If the second is the case, then Newt has shown what sort of person he REALLY is spiritually. There is only ONE deity that I know of in the history of man who might consider contract law and bureaucratic authority to be a sacrament, and that is Mammon. 'Nuff sed...
I don't know about you folks, but I don't think EITHER of these possibilities is the sort of person I want as Commander-in-Chief.