Thread: I say why stop at gay marriage?
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Old 04-30-2008, 06:58 AM
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Government should get out of the marriage business. It's a religious institution, not civic. Government should only ensure that legal rights pertaining to civil unions are enforced.

If a heterosexual couple wants to go through the religious ceremony of marriage, find a church and get married.

If a homosexual couple wants to go through the religious ceremony of marriage, find a church and get married.

If either couple just wants to ensure that their partner has all the legal rights that current married people enjoy, register your civil union with the government. Oh, and pay to process the paperwork, of course!
That's pretty much how things work, except "civil unions" are called "marriages", and traditional churches would never offer a wedding and bestow a marriage to a homosexual couple.
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