there's civil marriage and there's religious marriage.
civil marriage is what folks want to change. I want the STATE to recognize my union (well, if I had someone I wanted to marry, of course), and give me all the rights that come with being married in the eyes of the STATE.
religious marriage is what you do in a church or place of worship. that's when you want your RELIGION to bless your union. I don't need this.
To most people, the RELIGIOUS ceremony EQUALS the civil ceremony, since there's a license and witnesses just like you have when you get down to the clerks office to get married.
Again, all I want is the same CIVIL rights as any other couple have. You can keep your religion out of it, please. I am not disrespecting your ceremony by marrying my same sex partner in front of a clerk. Please.
I don't see the problem with this, alas, most folks can't get past the religious aspects, unfortunately.
it's the whole civil versus religious thing....
civil marriage is what folks want to change. I want the STATE to recognize my union (well, if I had someone I wanted to marry, of course), and give me all the rights that come with being married in the eyes of the STATE.
religious marriage is what you do in a church or place of worship. that's when you want your RELIGION to bless your union. I don't need this.
To most people, the RELIGIOUS ceremony EQUALS the civil ceremony, since there's a license and witnesses just like you have when you get down to the clerks office to get married.
Again, all I want is the same CIVIL rights as any other couple have. You can keep your religion out of it, please. I am not disrespecting your ceremony by marrying my same sex partner in front of a clerk. Please.
I don't see the problem with this, alas, most folks can't get past the religious aspects, unfortunately.