Relationships

By lilylessons on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

Anyone want get …
Anyone want get married

By ghostlat on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

You are correct. …
You are correct. Because from my experiences, love is NOT rational. Love is NOT logical. Excellent point.

By Csherpan42 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

sang this for Eric …
sang this for Eric Whitacre, and made him cry (: Have to say, our choir was very proud of themselves.

By amvanhoesen on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

My choir sang this, …
My choir sang this, sleep, lily and lux, for Eric Whitacre himself and it was absolutely amazing.

By Shogway on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

Or between two men, …
Or between two men, or two women.

By nikoakfan on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

beautiful, marriage …
beautiful, marriage between a man and a woman

By friendlycoffeedoll on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

its so free and …
its so free and hauntingly ethereal :]

By sarenna18 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

Beautiful song.
Beautiful song.

By akowns on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

my choir sang this …
my choir sang this last year, and i must say it is probably one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard. hands down

By destaniofhearts on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

My choir, Amphion, …
My choir, Amphion, just sang this last year. I love this song. We sang it with a slower tempo though. I love Eric Whitacre’s works. Thanks for the vid.

By lifegavemelemons132 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

i just love this …
i just love this song!!! my choir is singing it this year…hope we can pull it off! lol

By polyopulis on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

response to Aphotic …
response to Aphotic
Just the word marriage means a lot to some people. A lot more than something “dry” and lawyerly sounding like “civil union”. Also, they feel like a civil union is not the same as a marriage, just some technical thing. Also, regardless of how marriage is not inherently a religious institution, people think it is or treat it as if it were. While these arguments are rational and logical, rationality and logic have no place in love.
Those are the views I have observed.

By mewrain on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

I agree whole …
I agree whole heartedly. We sang With a Lily in Your Hand last year, and this year we are singing This Marriage in choir. His never ceases to bring out some of the strongest emotions in me.

By cdaae3 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

omg why the f does …
omg why the f does this have to be so gorgeous…

“I am out of words to describe how spirit lingers in this marriage…ahh ohh ooo”

I can’t take it.

By KnucklesEchidna125 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

This song always …
This song always gets me…it’s so beautiful!
*eyes water* I love the way this piece is sung!!

By KamuntKurush on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

It’s because ” …
It’s because “separate but equal” has never, EVER worked in ANY human society.

By Aphotic0221 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

For about three …
For about three centuries after Jesus Christ’s death (the beginning of christianity) marriage was viewed as a private, and required nothing religious.

In the twelfth century, marriage and love were thought to be INCOMPATIBLE.

It wasn’t until 1563 that it was even required to have a priest overseeing a marriage.

Make no mistake, marriage as a religious institution is still a *relatively* new thing, and marriage certainly isn’t based on any religion.

By Aphotic0221 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

Marriage can be …
Marriage can be traced as far back as, and probably farther than, Hammurabi’s Code, and it was a legal institution. It can only be guessed as to what the original purpose of marriage is. It could have been sexual rights to the woman the man was marrying, or paternal rights to whatever children they had had or would have had.

Even in European history, marriage was a business agreement between two families.

By Aphotic0221 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

As far as I’ve ever …
As far as I’ve ever seen, there are two arguments for same sex marriages. Love, and the rights obtained through marriage. I give you this: if a man truly loves another man, why is marriage such a necessity? Can they not love each other if they aren’t married? And then isn’t it just about publicizing their love? If it’s rights, what’s wrong with a civil union? Why does it have to be a marriage?

That said, marriage IS NOT inheritly a religious institution, let alone a Christian institution.

By 5tonyvvvv on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

nice try buddy,,but …
nice try buddy,,but i got big stinky hariy balls too,so smear your own in shit,,bye mom!!

By yoyoma1428 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

um maybe man had a …
um maybe man had a brain and made it himself…

By TheCoopshow on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

Well I’m glad you …
Well I’m glad you feel sorry for those people, Mr. Biggot. Hopefully it deflates your head a bit. People can love whether or not they believe in God. It’s an emotion. Unless you’re a robot, you’re capable of it. Sure, some people like us accept marriage as a means to become closer with God, blah blah blah, but that doesn’t make everyone else less human. Your beliefs are bitter. Stop shoving them down our throats.

And PLEASE keep your self-contradictions to a minimum.

By operaman20 on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

AMEN!! my friend!
AMEN!! my friend!

By BGMSunshine on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

marriage is between …
marriage is between any two people that love eachother. i dont understand why all the religious holes need to try to ruin someone elses happiness. it doesnt directly affect you, so shut the up about it. are you marrying another man if your a man, or another woman if your a woman? if not, then SHUT UP!

By HollowGroundsInc on Dec 29, 2009 | Reply

I want this song to …
I want this song to be played at my wedding.