tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post7654206025218200369..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: And Still More Of Why I Will Always Have Second Thoughts About Being a ChristianUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-28638706635301698022009-02-02T16:03:00.000-05:002009-02-02T16:03:00.000-05:00I'm flattered that my post was picked up. I was a...I'm flattered that my post was picked up. I was afraid you would all think I'm just whinging....which I am, but it's not "just".<BR/><BR/>In so many ways, not "just".<BR/><BR/>Re Marriage: I think about this as I think about someone saying "well, Brad Pitt isn't married!" Brad Pitt can decide whether or not to marry. He has a choice. It's different not having the choice.<BR/><BR/>I want to be married in all the usual ways (and I am in most of them, thanks to the most amazing wife whose love strengthns me daily!). I'd like the choice, thanks very much, to participate in the institution as it is.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-464936286968036112009-02-02T04:17:00.000-05:002009-02-02T04:17:00.000-05:00while we are striving for marriage equality, perha...<I>while we are striving for marriage equality, perhaps this is not the time to question the institution itself.... or is it?</I><BR/><BR/><I>You</I>, margaret, are free not only to "question the institution", but reject it outright.<BR/><BR/>However, when it comes down to the <I>personal choice</I> to marry then, outside any given couple, there's really no "we."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-83340319556313178222009-01-31T22:43:00.000-05:002009-01-31T22:43:00.000-05:00You are absolutely right. And I have a very diffic...You are absolutely right. And I have a very difficult time being a Christian in the institutional church....<BR/><BR/>But I am anti-institutional too. By nature, made that way.<BR/><BR/>And I truly understand the drive and desire for equality, and I earnestly believe that same-gender couples should have the very same priviliges and responsibilities as female/male couples --but just as with the church, there is much about the institution of marriage with which I have great difficulty...<BR/><BR/>But while we are striving for marriage equality, perhaps this is not the time to question the institution itself.... or is it?it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.com