Prop. 8
(Oct. 16, 2008) Editor:
I’m puzzled by objections to state recognition of marriages between same-sex couples (“Popping the Question,” Oct. 9). Is it confusion between rites and rights?
The marriage rituals performed by churches are not limited or affected by California granting marital rights to any couple of legal age. If a church wishes to discriminate between same- and opposite-sex couples, that is the church’s legal right.
However, churches and their religious beliefs shouldn’t seek to deny the civil rights of any of our citizens. The granting of a marriage license is a civil right.
If you want to protect the rights of churches, vote No on Proposition 8; my denomination should not be prevented from providing marriage services for gay/lesbian couples.
In no way does anyone else’s marriage threaten or diminish my own.
— Chip Sharpe, Bayside
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