{"id":669,"date":"2010-10-24T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2010\/10\/religious-marriages-only.html"},"modified":"2010-10-24T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T18:30:00","slug":"religious-marriages-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theatheistrabbi\/2010\/10\/religious-marriages-only.html","title":{"rendered":"Religious Marriages Only!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Friendly Atheist<\/a> found this on the website of New York 21st Congressional District Republican challenger Ted Danz<\/a>.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another one that needs a lesson in the Constitution:<\/p>\n

I am opposed to same sex marriage. Marriage is a term that should only be used to define the religious union between one man and one woman.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, the only kind of marriage he would recognize is a religious marriage.\u00a0 Well that\u2019s going to disqualify a lot of marriages in this country.\u00a0 Why are these people unable to draw a distinction between government and religion?\u00a0 Are they really that dense?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Friendly Atheist found this on the website of New York 21st Congressional District Republican challenger Ted Danz.\u00a0 Here\u2019s another one that needs a lesson in the Constitution: I am opposed to same sex marriage. Marriage is a term that should only be used to define the religious union between one man and one woman. 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