Regardless, States have the ability to provide for
contractual agreements between individuals. They can receive a non-religious
name Social Contract or Civil Contract as opposed to the apparently offensive
Civil Union that exist in many states currently. A contract simply sets forth a
set of rules under which two people will function as a partnership. The State
can provide boiler plate language and the participants are free to add whatever
other requirements are necessary to codify the relationship that suits them
best. Agreements of this type can and should be renewable periodically with a
fee attached in the same way as a corporation or partnership pays a fee to a
State, or an individual pays for a drivers license or professional license.
Religious Matrimony is a function of religious organizations
and is sanctioned by them according to their sovereign guidelines and rules. If
a Church wants to join two men or two women in a ceremony that is their choice,
but if another church does not, they are free to exercise their freedom under
the Constitution. Nothing is more sacred to Americans than their ability to
practice their faith or not, and to do so without the interference of the State
to the extent that all other manner of law is observed. Religions determine
what is Holy or not and what meets the requirements of particular faith. For
instance Roman Catholics require a six month instructional period prior to
marriage in the Church so that a couple is deemed fully aware of the responsibilities
of the Sacrament Holy Matrimony and the consequences of their having entered
into it from a number of perspectives both financially and spiritually. The
same is true for other faiths for different time frames. Other's have no such
requirement.
The point here is that no one gets to own a Word. No one
receives purview over defining society. The same should hold true for each and
every word that has any controversy associated with it, regardless of the political
prize for which it might curry favor . Words do not have rights. Words do not
have responsibilities. Rights and Responsibilities are for people alone. No
group should be able to hold another group hostage over a word. No individual
should have to have their conscience or livelihood trampled or tossed aside
because of a word. The time for Political Correctness and the Word Police to
take permanent leave of us, and for all concerned to understand no one is
better or worse an another. So, no more Defense of Marriage Amendments, no more
LGBT Marriage Lawsuits, Laws, or Amendments to Constitutions. No more torts for
damages for hurt feelings, and no more businesses being forced to comply with
rules they do not believe in for the sake of their conscience. No more veiled references
to the intolerance of mainstream religions.
The entire Grievance industry needs to be shut down and the Race
industry is no exception. When the mere
mention of the word Racist shuts down any and all discussion about any topic
whatever, there can be no effective reasonable communication between two or
more parties simply because someone may have been unduly tainted by an
unsubstantiated accusation. If there is no civil discourse there can never be a
point at which people can even agree to disagree on any topic. Lists of
"Code Words", one that is secret and seemingly never ceasing to grow
provides a moving target for anyone deemed irrelevant and ripe for abuse. The
abusers reap far beyond what they sow in benefits, much of which undoubtedly comes
from sources far less interested in furthering the agenda of an organization
than they are the political discourse that benefits themselves and their
friends.
