Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Oct 2008 19:26 UTC, submitted by SK8T
In a rather unusual move, both Google and Apple have publicly backed the fight against "Proposition 8", both by words as well as by donation. Proposition 8 is an initiative measure in the state of California that would ban same-sex marriages in California by amending the Constitution of the state to include that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California". Both companies gave out their reasoning for supporting the fight against 'Prop 8'.
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My, my, my, a little a bit of a hypocrite are we?
-- the government writes the civil definition and Muslims, Christians, Hindus the religious. Neither forces the other.
It's wrong for the state to define marriage because you see it as a religious arrangement... Wait, wait, what happened to this whole separation of church and state thing you mentioned earlier? Why is the government in the business of sanctioning/blessing/etc religious arrangements?
Oh, right, the state doesn't see it as a religious arrangement, it sees it as a civil / legal one.
You're the one trying to have your cake and eat it too, you want the government to recognize marriage, but you want them to only recognize your religious definition of marriage. Sorry, it doesn't fly: It's separation of church and state not simply separation of state from church, just as the state isn't entitled to force it's view on the church the church isn't entitled to force its view on the state.
In civilized countries -- like Canada