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...because such a process would then be subject to close scrutiny with strict guidelines. But if there are doctors who play God already, although it is illegal, given a freer hand, there might be doctors who could even more severely misuse their powers. A physician has a job to perform, and that is to save lives; just like a lawyer who has to defend his client even if he knows that his client is guilty, a surgeon cannot pass a value judgement on a patient's quality of life. A surgeon has to do everything...
This month's decision by a Hawaiian judge to legalize gay marriages throws a monkey wrench into the already controversial debate over whether Harvard's Memorial Church should perform same-sex commitment ceremonies...
...University's position is that it's up to the clergy whether or not to perform same-sex marriages," University counsel Allan A. Ryan Jr. said. "There's no one in the University eager to determine the validity of marriages performed in Memorial Church...
make monkey-motion: (St. Vincent, Guyana) to make funny faces or perform antics...
...clear what this issue does not do. It does not force any religious institution to perform a same-sex marriage. Such institutions are now free to refuse to marry even heterosexual couples based on certain religious beliefs. Members of those institutions will continue to have the ability to chose whom they want to marry. No citizen will be tied to a chair and forced to watch the happy couple dance at a reception. No one is required to send a gift...