I can't believe no one else has brought this up yet, so...

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
But I expect what really would have happened is that the spouse would have organized the funeral...

If spouse is gay, then spouse can plan a funeral only if all other family members permit it. Cops must ban the gay spouse from a funeral if any one family member requests it - because the laws currently and intentionally discriminate against gays.

Religion is only between you and your god. Once your religion affects others - makes the laws - then that religion is satanic. What has the Pope ordered American Catholic politicans to do? Change all laws to conform with church doctrine. No Pope ever before demanded that of any American law maker. But then religion has a sad history of advocating hate - latest hate is against gays and against victims of child molesters. Exactly why religion is a bad reason for making laws and results in bad laws.

When a religious leader advocates the advancement of mankind, then we often have a major leader who is actually in conflict with his peers. Yes, even priests who rescued Jews from Nazi Germany were doing so against the will of Pope Pius.