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    I think you make the best point of all, which we ought to focus our entire Message Machine around, whether it's homosexuality itself, or gay marriage: does it hurt anybody?  If not, it cannot be a sin, surely?

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    by Winger on Mon May 09, 2005 at 05:25:47 PM PDT

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    •  I wouldn't go so far... (none / 0)

      ...as to say it cannot be a sin if it doesn't hurt another person, but I don't think punishing sin, per se is the role of civil government. There are sins which are also public wrongs -- murder, for instance, is generally both -- but if there is no harm to others, whether or not there is "sin", there cannot be a public wrong.

      by cdicely on Tue May 10, 2005 at 09:40:01 AM PDT

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