Sheriff Babeu: Government shouldn’t tell churches who can get married

ok, so let the government stay out of telling churches who can or cannot get married, so that gays can get married.
works for everyone then right?

Our world needs far less religious rednecks.

Why does Arizona have a disporportion of screw balls in and around politics?

As far as I know, the government is not forcing churches to allow gay marriage. Its civil marriages that are the issue and its the civil marriage that really counts. We recognize church marriages, but as far as the state is concerned, you're not married until you file the paperwork with them. So if two gay people go to the state to register a marriage, the state should have no say in the matter. It seems to me that the gay bashers and religious nuts seem to think that giving rights to others takes rights away from them. Can someone explain to me how this works?

Every RWR anti-gay should watch "Outrage" and find out about all the gay staffers in Washington

And neither should churches be able to tell Government to dictate who can and cannot get married!

my church would not marry me because i was marring a catholic
my wife church would not marry us because I was divorce but a friend's church performed the service so we could have a church wedding
so what assumption should I have about church weddings?
three guess's

Please will someone tell me why there are gay members in the GOP? They so-called Log Cabin Republicans are apart of a party which dispises them and tirelessly works to see them eradicated. Now you have this gay sheriff using his power to threaten his lover and he is still a cop? There is plenty of evidence he texted the threats to ruin him business wise and put his and his family's life in danger. The guy is latino and not here illegally and he still tried to threaten deportation. The guy should be fired, arrested, and charged. A GOP stradegist stated the local GOP will deal with him as if they never knew he was gay.....really
Mitt has some explaining to do and will likely cost him Arizona as the polls are showing. That's another reason for those good loving christian to hate him and vote with gay basher Santorum.

Apparently he never heard of the separation of church and state. The government decides who can get married not the church. I am tired of the Churches thinking they are above the law.

Saw him on interview on CNN. He made claims that the Republican Party is the party of the "big tent." One had better look at the cnadidates and there take on gay rights in the GOP. Admire him for his coming out and his service to the country. But the GOP is not going to welcome gays.

The Federal government should not be able to tell us we can't do anything we want to do. It is not their purpose, it is none of their business. They work for us, not the other way around. We should make the rules, not them making rules for us that they exempt themselves from having to follow. Power to the People!

Applaud his courage and coming out, but leaving marriage rights up to states is not constructive. That is how we get the crazy quilt of differing laws and recognition or no recognition of lawful marriages, depending on state lines. We did that with interracial marriage and it was not workable. Also, a state can say gays can marry then new pols come to power and things change. Leaves too many people at the mercy of current local pressures.

If a church doesn't want to preform a particular marriage, the couple can go to a church that does, or just to a civil official. The state (federal or local) doesn't tell the churches what to do, that is a red herring. Churches should have no voice in defining what the government allows as marriage. To let any or all churches decide what constitutes a legal marriage would be a gross violation of the separation of church and state. The sheriff is trying to garner support or at least divert attention from his personal situation. He is in a pretty conservative area and has to play to that audience. He is grasping at straw and straw man arguments.

His personal relationships and behavior has naught to do with churches, federal government v states rights, or marriage laws. One hopes the gentleman finds some peace of mind. He seems a bit adrift now and he is tossing a lot of sand in the air to confuse some issues. Perhaps this has taken him aback and he is a bit rattled. He seems to be floundering and muddling issues. He might stop and take a bit of time to really consider what he wants to say instead of just blindly reacting. We all get time to breathe and think before answering questions.

Marriage should be allowed between any two consenting adults and that should be enforced at a federal level so committed couples cannot have their lawful marriages tampered with by whims on the state level. What churches want is only a matter for their memberships, they do not get to impact the legal definition of marriage. Your church has NO rights to define MY relationships.

We ALL have the right to marry the partner of our choice, or none of us have safe marriages.

Now that he's outed he speaks of the "Love that can't be mentioned"?

I don't understand: being Republic Syndicate Unit and Gay is like being Black and Klan.

Institutions that pay no taxes should have no place to speak before Congress. No pay taxes, no speaky.

It's sad that he's gay and cannot see that he's also being discriminated against.

Government should let religions marry who they please, but religions should not tell government to deny civil marriage to anyone. Who the fuck are they, but fantasy fools who believe in fairy dust?

He is the definition of a hypocrite, also it's the churches telling government, they won't do gay marriages, not the government telling the churches.

“If it is not harming somebody else, then what does it matter? You can’t legislate love.” Is this guy for real? These right wingers have no ability to see the irony of their remarks. They will say anything to toe the party line to get elected and sell their souls in the process.

Sounds like Sheriff Babeu supports a buffet-style government. "I'll have a dash of this and a scoop of that with a side of this over here"....not exactly towing the party line there, is he?

not that I blame him...the party is insane.

Contradict yourself much Sheriff Babeu. That was the most confusing double talk I think I've ever heard. Gays should be allow to be married, but government need to stay out of religion, but all religions should recognize all marriage, but state should have the final say???????????????????? Am I missing his actual point?

Log Cabin Republicans are oxymorons. Anyone who joins a political party that is opposed to gay rights and especially their right to marry, are willing to defeat their own best interests. That makes no sense.

Sheriff Babeu: Government shouldn’t tell churches who can get married

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